historians
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The three-year project led by specialist historians compiles "The Register of British Slave Traders", a list that details as many as "10,500 investors" in "Britain's near-250 year transatlantic slave trade" in African people.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
I participated in many of those decisions, and historians, policymakers and the general public will continue arguing about them long after those of us who were involved are gone.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
Curating with reverence and love, Rosales uses her voice to establish a baseline of respect that many historians fail to achieve.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
Private property and land were collectivised, while economic management pushed the country to the Great Famine, which the government says killed around 15 million people, while historians estimate around 20-43 million.
From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026
But later historians have naturally turned the phrase ‘Whig history’ back against Butterfield himself, accusing him of taking for granted the superiority of modern science over all that went before.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
