Transatlantic Slavery and the Archive Conference, 2027
This two-day interdisciplinary conference aims to foster discussion and debate about the relationship between histories of enslavement and the archive today.
News and events
Discover the latest news about PASSAGE, including details of upcoming and past events.
We open up our research and material in the collection through public talks, workshops, academic conferences, and digital resources. These can be explored below.
News
Caribbean and West African scholars to lead new research into transatlantic slavery
New funding to preserve historical records related to transatlantic slavery.
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The Ship Bedford: Atlantic and archival crossings in the long 18th-century slave trade
Watch a presentation exploring the historical narratives that emerge from tracing the transatlantic journeys of 18th-century British slave ships through the records of The National Archives.
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Research routes - objects of emotion: Colonial legacies and stories of feeling
Watch a presentation as part of our Research Routes series exploring objects of emotion.
Resource pack - Objects of emotion: Colonial legacies and stories of feeling
This resource pack was produced as part of the 2025–26 event series Research Routes: Emotions, senses and feelings in the archives.
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Major grant to fund research into the history of transatlantic slavery
The National Archives has been awarded a £1 million grant for a new, collaborative research on the history of the transatlantic trade in enslaved people.