The central importance of slavery to the rise of capitalism is illustrated by the story of the voyage of the Zong, a British ...

In 1493, when Columbus set off on his second voyage to the New World, he too carried cane. Thus dawned the age of big sugar, of Caribbean islands and slave plantations, leading, in time ...

It's been 30 years since Australian South Sea Islanders were recognised as a distinct group, but an exhibition to mark the ...

Journey through Louisiana's Cajun and Creole cultures along the Cajun Corridor Byway and Creole Nature Trail All-American ...

This year's Triennial features works from more than 70 artists and collectives from over 30 countries across virtually every ...

a two-row sugar cane harvester and Clifton Chenier's Grammy Award, among many others. There are also exhibits dedicated to the Black experience in Louisiana, exploring everything from slave ...

Multiple gardens and orchards are also located throughout the property, and from January through May, sugar cane is ground in ... have uncovered remnants of “slave villages” on the estate ...

However, the Global Slavery Index, produced by the Australian ... clothing, gold, seafood and sugar cane. Canada has identified China’s Xinjiang region as plagued by forced labour.

And family histories in the region remain incomplete because of the lingering effects of the trans-Atlantic Slave Trade ... sold to two Louisiana sugar cane planters in 1838.