Type
Trail
In the Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences is a collection of 144 uncut diamonds. It is likely that these were excavated in Brazil by enslaved miners at the turn of the nineteenth century.
How can we tell the diamonds' horrifying story? And what parallels can we draw with the exploitation of child and enforced labour today to fuel the consumer demand for high-status electronics?
Dan Pemberton, Collections Manager at the Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences, tells us more.
More information
Images
The diamonds in their case
Close up of the ebony pegs supporting the diamonds
