People of African origin came to be in England via ... period During the Tudor period there was no law that banned slavery in England, but neither was there a law that officially allowed it.

In 1672, England officially got into the slave trade as the King of England chartered the Royal African Company, encouraging it to expand the British slave trade. In 1698, the English Parliament ...

After establishing settlements in North America, England joins in the international ... 1705 - The position of African slaves in Virginia is formalized with "An Act Concerning Servants and Slaves." ...

Nations such as the Netherlands, France, and England used a different method. They contracted their own companies to distribute slaves to their colonies. Britain’s Royal African Company and the ...

The right-wing think tank Policy Exchange has published a report attacking the Church of England Commissioners for planning ...

British maritime services firm Lloyd's Register apologised on Wednesday for its role in enslaving Africans in the 18th and 19th centuries. At least 12.5 million Africans were kidnapped, forcibly ...

Athens native Michael Thurmond shares the anti-slavery feelings of Georgia's founder, General James Oglethorpe.