Suppression of the slave trade extended into all parts of the British Empire – including places as far as Auckland, New Zealand. The Illustrated London News, 19 May 1860. Courtesy of University of Missouri Libraries.

Palermo, the capital of Sicily, long served as a cross-roads between Europe and Africa. The Illustrated London News, 19 May 1860. Courtesy of University of Missouri Libraries.

Nice was a former slaving port used by French slave traders. The Illustrated London News, 14 April 1860. Courtesy of University of Missouri Libraries.

Cádiz was traditionally the home of the Spanish navy. The Illustrated London News, 10 December 1859. Courtesy of University of Missouri Libraries.

Marraeksh, one of the largest cities in Morocco, was a center of the trans-Saharan slave trade. The Illustrated London News, 10 December 1859. Courtesy of University of Missouri Libraries.

Venice was the center of the Mediterranean slave trade in the 14th century, however, it was a significant spot for suppression of the slave trade. There were letters being sent out of Venice to the Foreign Office concerning the suppression but it did not have the same sort of prominence regarding slave trade as it […]

In the 19th c. Trieste served as the ship-building and commercial center for the Austrian-Hungarian Empire. The Illustrated London News, 13 August 1859. Courtesy of University of Missouri Libraries.

Sugar and coffee drove the 19th c. Cuban economy. Slaves and wage workers worked large plantations. The plantation owners opposed the abolition movement. Wary of the political power of the planter class Spain was reluctant to end slavery. Slavery in Cuba was abolished in 1886. The Illustrated London News, 19 March 1859. Courtesy of University […]

The port of Havana was the largest in Cuba. During the course of the 19th century British naval vessels often brough captured slavers to Cuba. Havana was the site of the largest mixed commission court. The Illustrated London News, 19 March 1859. Courtesy of University of Missouri Libraries.

Enslaved and freed Blacks first arrived in Nova Scotia in the 17th c. In the course of the American Revolutionary war more Blacks sought refuge in Nova Scotia. Slavery was abolished in Canada in 1833. Halifax, a major port city, was deeply enmeshed in the trans-Atlantic slave trade. The Illustrated London News, 5 February 1859. […]