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Last month, a Downing Street spokesperson said the transatlantic slave trade was "abhorrent" but the UK position was that it does not pay reparations.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

The palace said discussions about the colonial legacy and the slave trade were "important" but "primarily matters for governments to address".

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

It called on the monarch to refer three questions on the legality of the transatlantic slave trade to the Caribbean island's highest court of appeal based in London.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

Elsewhere, the paper reports on new research revealing "the true scale of Britain's involvement in the slave trade", a system that included "monarchs, MPs and ordinary people", according to the paper.

From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026

As for the slave trade, the sooner that despicable traffic was ended, the better for everybody.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

They would return when the winds shifted, their traditional dhow sailboats carrying slaves, spices, mangrove poles, ivory and skins.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

“We were slaves to the fiat system,” she said, “but Bitcoin brought hope back into my life, hope that I can retire someday.”

From Slate ● Sep. 20, 2026

The book is full of observant judgments: on the aggressive response of the legal system to fugitive slaves, for instance, or on the importance of slavery in Rome’s extensive mining industry.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

Many Church of England clergy independently owned slaves, and a recent report by the Church's endowment fund reported the institution made large investments in the slave trade from which it made huge sums of money.

From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026

“It seems to me,” Lee wrote, “that we southern people must be slaves in effect, or cut the Gordion knot at once.”

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

It often means we lose a lot in the edit, scenes that we’ve slaved over, beautifully shot work, prized moments, but his instincts are always, always right.”

From Washington Times ● Nov. 15, 2019

The famous staircase, the kitchen where Alice merrily slaved away, the bedrooms — all were built on a sound stage, making our memories of the house as real as anything else on the show.

From Salon ● Sep. 7, 2019

My mother slaved for two days, even hiring a cook to assist her.

From New York Times ● Nov. 6, 2017

The people who served and quite literally slaved under the merchant class had little chance at accessing knowledge in those books and libraries and experiencing democracy in any real way.

From Slate ● Nov. 10, 2015

I’d eaten the cake, drunk the Tonic, given up the necklace, slaved for my stepmother, let Olive suck me dry.

From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine

St. Patrick offered evocative details of slaving and missionary work in the lands around the Irish Sea.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026

The UK, which was one of the major slaving nations before going on to lead the fight to abolish the trade, has also repeatedly ruled out paying reparations.

From BBC ● Mar. 27, 2026

Hergé, the illustrator and writer of Tintin and another of my great heroes, once drew a picture of himself slaving at the desk, with Tintin holding a whip over him showing a sort of disdain.

From Salon ● Nov. 21, 2022

“This is my first virus I was working on, and kind of slaving away at it — and it’s really changed the field.”

From Washington Post ● Oct. 10, 2022

And mad a lot He say, Don’t say slaving, Mama.

From "The Color Purple" by Alice Walker