Arts/Culture/Entertainment Echoes of Waltham wins Best Video Production at CTO Media Awards 8 June 2026
History Marking an ‘X’: Exploring the history of Grenada’s surnames 27 August 2020 “Malcolm X, the son of Grenadian Louise Langdon Norton Little (1895/6-1989), made famous the identity struggles of Black people in... Read moreDetails
PRESS RELEASE Commemorating the 182nd anniversary of Emancipation (1 August 1838 – 2020) 1 August 2020 “We call on every Grenadian to take up the challenge to restore respect, repair injustices and to remind the current... Read moreDetails
PRESS RELEASE Grenada Preparatory Reparations Committee Emancipation Day Statement 1 August 2020 “Emancipation Day is a day to celebrate our ancestors’ freedom from chattel slavery and it is also a day of... Read moreDetails
History 2 Lancashire slave traders compensated after slaves in Grenada freed 21 June 2020 John Bond owned 3 estates in Grenada, while Abraham Rawlinson, owned a share of 2 estates in Grenada with more... Read moreDetails
History 3 former Bank of England directors owned slaves and estates in Grenada 19 June 2020 Thomas Hankey Junior, a Bank of England director, received compensation in relation to 4 estates in Grenada with 534 enslaved... Read moreDetails
History Le Bourg du Grand Marquis 16 June 2020 On the earliest known map of Grenada, drawn by François Blondel in 1667, two house symbols near the name “Grand... Read moreDetails
History Croydon’s biggest slave owner was ancestor of the Queen 10 June 2020 Barlow Trecothick’s nephew and heir, James Trecothick, in 1833 received over £10,247 for the 474 slaves he owned in Jamaica... Read moreDetails
History Yorkshire buildings funded by profits from slave trade 10 June 2020 Peter Thellusson Senior was a Swiss banker who had stakes in estates on Grenada. Read moreDetails
History The fall of slavery: Statues, symbols and social contention 10 June 2020 “John Julius Angerstein, whose collection was the foundation of the National Gallery, was a trustee of estates and enslaved people... Read moreDetails
History A city ‘built by slaves’ 8 June 2020 “According to Historic Environment Scotland (HEC) John Hope helped brutally put down a two-year slave revolution led by French-African Julien... Read moreDetails