Transatlanic Slave Trade

View of the narrow end of a long single-storey grey stone building, with a light grey corrogated roof. A narrow deepset doorway features a black and white image of an African person's face with a wreath of real flowers around it. The building is surrounded by lush vegetation, some of which is growing up the walls, and broken-down fence with barbed wire. In the left background is a steep hill.

Funding secured for Memorial to the Liberated Africans

Funding secured for the creation of a permanent slavery memorial and interpretation centre in St Helena dedicated to the 8,000 enslaved Africans who died and were buried on the island following their release from slaving ships by the Royal Navy in the mid-nineteenth century.

Apr 21 min read

Poster incorporating watercolour painting of Jamestown and Ladder Hill from 1829, with labourers and a soldier in the foreground.

From Slavery to Freedom

Author Colin Fox explores St Helena's journey from reliance on enslaved labour to free labour, focusing on how enslaved people themselves experienced the almost 50-year process.

Nov 4, 20252 min read