Name: The Slave-trade Remembered (James Walvin, David Dabydeen) by Royal Society Literature
Duration: 38 min 54 s
Description: In 1807, the British turned their backs on the Atlantic slave trade, though for 150 years they had grown fat on its proceeds. Why did they change their minds about it? And what significance should we attach to it?

In 1807, the British turned their backs on the Atlantic slave trade, though for 150 years they had grown fat on its proceeds. Why did they change their minds about it? And what significance should we attach to it?

The Slave-trade Remembered (James Walvin, David Dabydeen)

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