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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 Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­'s archives.

Ellen Embleton considers how Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ 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.