Unprecedented apology by Pope Leo XIV for the role of the Catholic Church in supporting slavery. The Catholic Church was the LARGEST single slave owner in the Americas. Made its wealth from slavery. John Paul II rehearsed a rambling apology in Gorée Island back in the 1990s #slaveryarchive
Pour savoir plus sur l'histoire des réparations pour l'esclavage et les cas commentés dans la tribune, voici mon livre Réparations: Combats pour la mémoire de l'esclavage (XVIIIe-XXIe siècle) publié chez @editionsduseuil.bsky.social en 2025
***History at the "End of History"***
Prof Toby Green will be giving the 2026 Hobsbawm Memorial Lecture on Thurs, June 18th at @bbkhistorical.bsky.social, discussing the general crisis, political assaults on the discipline and the impact of AI.
Register here: www.bbk.ac.uk/events/event...
Esclavage : des demandes de réparations en souffrance depuis le XVIIIe siècle
Par @sabrinakassa.bsky.social
L’ouvrage de référence « Réparations » d’Ana Lucia Araujo retrace l’histoire des demandes d’indemnités matérielles et financières du XVIIIe siècle à nos jours. Un éclairage précieux à l’aune du discours d’Emmanuel Macron, à l’occasion des 25 ans de la loi Taubira jeudi 21 mai, annoncé « sans tabou » sur le sujet.
Pope Leon XIV's Unprecedented Apology for Atlantic Slavery #slaveryarchive araujohistorian.substack.com/p/pope-leon-...
Amigo(a)s em São Paulo, no dia 17 de junho, vou fazer a conferência de abertura "Reparar o Irreparável" com comentário do Zacarias Tsambe, USP no seminário "Diálogos sobre reparação : memória, patrimônio e direitos" na Maison du
@cnrs.fr da @uspoficial.bsky.social programa abaixo. Espero vocês!
Lors du 25e anniversaire de la Loi Taubira, j'ai écris une tribune en français dans le journal français Le Monde à propos des réparations pour l'esclavage et la colonisation, notamment Haïti et l'Afrique occidentale. www.lemonde.fr/idees/articl... #slaveryarchive
araujohistorian.substack.com
Creating community through reading and writing histories of slavery, the Atlantic slave trade, and global Africa, past and present.
I am co-editor of the @ugapress.bsky.social series Race in the Atlantic World along with historians Toby Green & @brookenewman.bsky.social. We welcome proposals of ACADEMIC MONOGRAPHS and EDITED VOLUMES. Check the series great titles, more information ⬇️ www.ugapress.org/series/race-...
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The Early Modern World of a West African Woman: A new striking review of Toby Green's stunning The Heretic of Cacheu: Crispina Peres and the Struggle Over Life in Seventeenth Century West Africa (@uchicagopress.bsky.social, 2025) by dear historian Jody Benjamin in Current History #slaveryarchive
Ana Lucia Araujo
Ana Lucia Araujo
"Reparar o Irreparável?" minha conferência de abertura com comentário do historiador Zacarias Chambe (USP) no simpósio Diálogos sobre reparação: memória, patrimônio e direitos na Maison do @cnrs.fr da @uspoficial.bsky.social daqui a 10 dias. Venham todo/a/s!
