Skip Navigation
The British Museum
Room 69a
This small exhibition explores how the Transatlantic Slave Trade functioned.
It covers more than 500 years, including the Parliamentary Abolition of the Slave Trade in 1807.
It features resistance leaders including Toussaint l'Ouverture, Olaudah Equiano and Nanny of the Maroons, and their continuing legacy of the struggle to end enslavement.
Admission free
For full press release
Browse or search over 4,000 highlights from the Museum collection
The history of late Roman coins, £60.00
