Tag archive: Slave

People naturally group up and follow each other. If you've ever driven on a highway, you know how it goes. You can cruise along as fast as can be, but if one car comes up behind you, there is sure to be three more behind, speeding just as fast. It's human nature to break the rules in groups. Volvo approves of safety in numbers. The company has successfully tested an automated way to “platoon” vehicles together called… Read More

In what may be an important move to reconcile modern Western society with its slave-owning past, genealogy and family history site Ancestry.co.uk has launched an online archive with the historical records of nearly 100,000 slaves owned by British colonists in Barbados during the early 1800s. “With few relevant collections online, it has not been easy for those with ancestors from former British colonies or territories to research… Read More