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Text reading Treaties. Great Britain and Congo Chiefs on West Coast of Africa.

Document of the Week: Treaties with African Rulers, 1876 Document of the Week

Our latest “Document of the Week”, chosen by our Editor, Nishah Malik, records treaties signed between Commodore Sir William Hewett and rulers based along the Congo River. Read more →

Published 2nd November, 2026

Typed text on a page titled No. 230. Commodore Wise to Rear-Admiral Sir F. Grey, dated 6 August 1858.

Document of the Week: “Report on the progress made towards the suppression of the Slave Trade on the West Coast of Africa” (1858) Document of the Week

Our latest “Document of the Week”, chosen by our Senior Curator, Dr Mary Wills, is a report regarding the transatlantic slave trade in the 1850s. Read more →

Published 5th October, 2026

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A black and white image of Liverpool docks. Overlaid is an image of North Commercial wharf of Charleston, S.C. with cotton bales for shipping to foreign and domestic ports via sailing ships.

Licensed to access Slave Trade Records from Liverpool, 1754–1792

1754 1811

Rows of enslaved people digging cane holes on the Island of Antigua

Licensed to access Slave Trading Records from William Davenport & Co., 1745–1797

1745 1797

An engraving of The Mill Yard, grinding sugar cane in a windmill in 1823. A windmill on the left hand side, with people and cattle working.

Licensed to access Slavery, Exploitation, and Trade in the West Indies, 1759–1832

1759 1823

A painting of the 1840 convention of the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society which was established to promote worldwide abolition. An elderly Thomas Clarkson is stood with his finger pointing in the air as he addresses a meeting of over 500 delegates.

Licensed to access Slavery Through Time: from Enslavers to Abolitionists, 1675–1865

1675 1865

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