In late colonial Basutoland and early independence Lesotho, the issue of who could access citizenship rights and passports became increasingly important. Political refugees fleeing apartheid South Africa took up passports on offer in the territory to further their political work. Basotho residents also took up passports in increasing numbers as a…[Read more]

A short biography of Margaret Hinchey, an Irish immigrant would became a leading light in the labour and women’s rights movements in New York (1910s-1930s)

A chronicle of an abolitionist’s lecture tour of Limerick in 1841

An article tracing Grace Greenwood’s visit to Limerick in 1852 and the impact of the anti-slavery novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin.