Transatlantic slavery research: precision before publication
What began as a response to George Floyd has become a legal, ethical, cultural and media minefield. Institutions need to understand the risks before they publish – not after.
Before you publish a slavery report
Research into an institution’s links with transatlantic slavery can create legal exposure, reparations demands and a crisis of public trust. The danger lies less in what the archive reveals than in what the institution says it means.