click image for close-up Heading for Jamaica in 1781, the ship Zong was nearing the end of its voyage. It had been twelve weeks since it had sailed from the west African coast with its cargo of ...

When Jamaica-born author Diana McCaulay discovered family links to slavery, it set her imagination racing. Before long a ...

The hard work of planting and harvesting sugar led to long hours for the enslaved African workforce ... Here they were adapted to their new living and working conditions. Mental and physical ...