slavery

Why are so many afraid to confront Britain’s historical links with the slave trade?

"Cambridge University has been accused of opening old wounds, but in curing itself of amnesia it might help Britain understand its past...…"

Britain should stop trying to pretend that its empire was benevolent

Interesting 2016 article from Alan Lester, Professor of Historical Geography at the University of Sussex on Britain's attitude to empire and the racist underpinnings of the view that the empire was benevolent. Published in The Conversation.