From February 8 to 23, the Firehall Arts Centre is presenting Frances Koncan’s Women of the Fur Trade: a sharp, satirical ...

click image for close-up Painted in 1840 during a time when slavery was still legal in French colonies, The Slave Trade by Auguste-Francois Biard is a strong statement against the institution.

The colonies thrived on trade, importing goods from the mother country and exporting raw materials like tobacco, fur and lumber. Dutch traders and British ships dominated the waters, creating ...

From the 1650s to 1776, parts of the Americas and coastal regions of West Africa were under British authority and connected ...

"I apologise for the active involvement of the Amsterdam city council in the commercial system of colonial slavery and the worldwide trade in enslaved people," Ms Halsema said in a speech on Thursday.