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Dr Carolyn Roberts of Yale University, currently writing her first book 'To heal and to harm: medicine, knowledge, and power in the British slave trade', discusses some key documents in ºìÌÒÊÓƵ's archives.

Ellen Embleton considers how ºìÌÒÊÓƵ Picture Library can highlight the contributions of enslaved and indigenous peoples to fields such as entomology and botany.

We hear from a PhD student at New York University about her project ‘Smallpox and Slavery: Morbidity, Medical Intervention, and Enslaved People's Lives in the Greater Caribbean’.

Future Leaders – African Independent Research (FLAIR) fellowships are for talented African scientists with the potential to become leaders in their field. Here are our top tips on what makes a great application.