…actively in the emerging international conversation about slavery, the transatlantic slave trade and reparatory justice. But this participation should go beyond demanding compensation. Nigeria can use the debate to promote investment in education, museums, archives, cultural institutions, historical research and econom…

…the Nicaraguan government and ruled for ten months, during which he reinstated the slave trade. He was removed, not by the US government, but by a force financed by his fellow American businessman, Cornelius Vanderbilt. The US, which has occupied the Cuban Guantanamo Bay since 1903, has for 64 years now imposed unilate…

…They were made mainly in connection with Britain's intensive cam- paign against the slave trade; and partly designed to provide pro- tection for British citizens against threats to, and physical assaults on, their lives and property. As time went on, however, the British merchants themselves felt the necessity for some…