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When Thomas Harding discovered that his family had profited from slavery, he set out to interrogate the choices of his ancestors and Britain’s role in this terrible history. His investigation took him to Demerara (now Guyana), the site of an uprising by enslaved people in 1823, the largest in the British Empire and a key trigger in the abolition of slavery. Charting the dramatic build-up to this landmark event through the eyes of four people – an enslaved man, a missionary, a colonist, and a slaveholder – Harding lays bare the true impact of years of unimaginable cruelty and incredible courage and asks how those who benefitted from slavery can take responsibility for the White Debt.
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When Thomas Harding discovered that his mother’s family had made money from the slave plantations worked by people of African descent, what began as an interrogation into the choices of his ancestors soon became a quest to learn more about Britain’s role in slavery. It was a history that he knew surprisingly little about – the myth that we are often taught in schools is that Britain’s role in slavery was as the abolisher, but the reality is much more sinister. In this book, Harding vividly brings to life the story of the uprising by enslaved people that took place in the British colony of Demerara (now Guyana) in the Caribbean in 1823.
| Weight | 0.3 kg |
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| Dimensions | 19.4 × 12.6 × 2.6 cm |
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| Cover | Paperback |
| Pages | xix, 300 , 8 unnumbered of plates |
| Language | English |
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| Dewey | 306.362094109033 (edition:23) |
| Readership | General – Trade / Code: K |
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