Slavery at common law
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Slavery at common law in the British Empire developed slowly over centuries, and was characterised by inconsistent decisions and varying rationales for the treatment of slavery, the slave trade, and t
The Slave Ship, J. M. W. Turner's representation of the mass murder of slaves, inspired by the Zong killings
Arthur William Hodge
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Arthur William Hodge was a Tortolan planter, politician, and serial killer who was executed by hanging in 1811 for murdering one of his slaves. Born in the British Virgin Islands, Hodge studied at Ori
