The module offers a broad overview, ranging from a specific introduction to Liverpool’s role as the capital of the transatlantic traffic in enslaved Africans to providing more general context of slavery in a transatlantic frame. It also focuses on the afterlives of slavery, providing students with an opportunity to explore heritage, public history and contemporary activism. Students will have an opportunity to engage with the activities of the Centre for the Study of International Slavery, University of Liverpool partners in fields relevant to the module (notably the International Slavery Museum) as well as international networks (such as Universities Studying Slavery).