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Slavery and the Guardian

THE TIES
THAT BIND US

David Olusoga

Illustrations by

Elisabeth Michiel

The cotton thread

HOW WE UNCOVERED
THE GUARDIAN FOUNDERS’
LINKS TO SLAVERY

Cassandra Gooptar

Illustrations by

Palesa Monareng

LEST WE REMEMBER

HOW BRITAIN BURIED ITS HISTORY OF SLAVERY

Gary Younge

Illustrations by

Diana Ejaita

WHITE GOLD FROM BLACK HANDS

THE GULLAH GEECHEE
FIGHT FOR A LEGACY
AFTER SLAVERY

DeNeen L Brown

Photos by

Rita Harper

Toby Age: 90

Clarinda Age: 50

Billy Age: 36

Nancy Age: 7

January Age: 26

Dinah Age: 28

Steven Age: 40

Sylvia Age: 40

Cuffy Age: 23

Peggy Age: 26

Bob Age: 26

Bess Age: 20

Abram Age: 23

Julia Age: 3

Billy Age: 1

Dinah Age: 2

Isaac Age: 2

Molsie Age: 22

Cuffie Age: 70

Caroline Age: 30

Will Age: 19

Rosanna Age: 20

Robert Age: 30

Kate Age: 15

February Age: 25

Sophy Age: 18

John Age: 32

Filice Age: 6

Andrew Age:

Bettie Age: 30

George Age: 35

Jennie Age: 42

George Age: 2

Pleasant Age: 40

Sire Age: 4

Lucy Age: 7

Morice Age: 14

Sue Age: 6

Steven Age: 45

Sarah Age: 44

Sano Age: 19

Harriet Age: 3

Profit Age: 30

Menda Age: 21

Napoleon Age: 5

Dianna Age: 2

Titus Age: 26

Jennie Age:

Monday Age: 5

Cinda Age:

In memoriam

The Enslaved People
Linked to the Guardian

MORE THAN MONEY

THE LOGIC OF
SLAVERY REPARATIONS

Olivette Otele

Illustrations by

Mawuena Kattah

THE SLAVE TRADE AND THE DEEP SOUTH

ACCOUNTING FOR
THE COTTON CAPITAL’S
HUMAN COST

THE MANCHESTER GUARDIAN

The limits of liberalism
in the kingdom of cotton

Michael Taylor

Illustrations by

Kingsley Nebechi

A TALE OF TWO CITIES

THE STRUGGLE FOR
A BLACK HISTORY
OF MANCHESTER

Lanre Bakare

Illustrations by

Tomekah George

THE RADICALS

A pantheon of figures who resisted transatlantic slavery and its legacies – writing and new portraits by leading Black artists

PHOTOESSAY

COTTONTOWN

Johny Pitts

Cotton Capital
Episode 6: Reparations – podcast

What do reparations mean for the communities and descendants of transatlantic enslavement – and what is the Guardian planning to do in its own programme of measures?

Podcast
News
Guardian owner apologises for founders’ links to transatlantic slavery

Scott Trust to invest in decade-long programme of restorative justice
Video
David Olusoga on the Guardian’s links to slavery: ‘That reality can’t be negotiated with’

How a ‘trick of history’ has obscured our understanding of the links between slavery and Britain’s Industrial Revolution

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All stories

Let’s teach children about slavery properly by connecting it to our present

When treated purely as historical fact, the slave trade can be dismissed as an evil of the past – the reality is very different says English teacher and writer Lola Okolosie
Today in Focus
Cotton Capital: the Guardian and reparations

Cotton Capital editor and Guardian journalist Maya Wolfe-Robinson looks at the subject of reparations. What do reparations mean for the communities and descendants of transatlantic enslavement – and what is the Guardian planning to do in its own programme of measures?

Podcast
How the fall of Edward Colston’s statue revolutionised the way British history is told

The tearing down of memorials to colonialists like Colston forced us to ask questions about whose voices we remember, and whose stories we are told
Cotton Capital
Episode 5: Resistance

Guardian journalist and Cotton Capital special correspondent Lanre Bakare examines Black Mancunian history, beginning with the 1945 Pan-African Congress that took place in the city and shaped independence movements across Africa

Podcast