My research concentrates on the historical development and experiences of adult and child slaves in the global past, with a focus on the Americas in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. My publications in this field have examined the roles, status and historical experiences of enslaved women and children in New World slave societies and in the transatlantic slave trade, as well as the movements to end the trafficking of African captives to the Americas. I’m currently involved in a collaborative educational project designed to teach British school children about the historical experiences of New World slaves and Britain’s direct involvement in the transatlantic slave trade and North American and Caribbean slavery, through a theatrical production called Breaking the Silence, sponsored by the British Arts Council and William A Cadbury Trust.