With the abolition of the slave trade in 1807 and the Emancipation Act of 1833, Britain seemed to wash its hands of slavery. Not so, according to Marika Sherwood, who sets the record straight in this provocative new book. In fact, Sherwood demonstrates that Britain continued to contribute to the slave trade well after 1807, even into the twentieth century. Drawing on government documents and contemporary reports as well as published sources, she describes how slavery remained very much a part of British investment, commerce and empire, especially in funding and supplying goods for the trade in slaves and in the use of slave-grown produce. The nancial world of the City in London also depended on slavery, which - directly and indirectly - provided employment for millions of people. "After Abolition" also examines some of the causes and repercussions of continued British involvement in slavery and describes many of the apparently respectable villains, as well as the heroes, connected with the trade - at all levels of society. It contains important revelations about a darker side of British history, previously unexplored, which will provoke real questions about Britain's perceptions of its past

About the Author
Marika Sherwood is a founder member of the Black & Asian Studies Association & editor of the BASA Newsletter. The author of numerous books and articles on the history of black peoples in the UK, as well as on education, she is honorary senior research fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London.

Reviews
"This clever and angry book challenges the triumphant narrative of British abolition...Sherwood is an ingenious and tenacious researcher. - Richard Drayton, Senior Lecturer, University of Cambridge"



Book Information
ISBN 9781845113650
Author Marika Sherwood
Format Hardback
Page Count 256
Imprint I.B. Tauris
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC