Uprising & Resistance

For the Africans Who Fought for Freedom on the Ships of the Middle Passage

Poetry and art by Black artists responding to the archival collection.

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Series on Insurance and Slavery

A Brief History of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade

From Spanish Conquest to the Role of Britain in the trafficking of African peoples.

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The Origins of Lloyd's of London

1688 – 1825

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The Significance of Insurance for the Study of Slavery

Insuring the slave trade in Britain

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Insuring the Guipúzcoa

The Guipúzcoa insurance agreements and the voyage.

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The Business Relations of Slavery

Understanding the risk books in the Lloyd’s collection.

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Expertise In Enslavement

Lloyd’s Subscribers and Leaders and their relations to enslavement.

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Tracing the Forgotten Sites of Slavery in London

An interactive map showing locations where significant slaving business practices took place.

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Lloyd's and Slavery, Beyond Insurance and After Abolition
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