ISOS Seminar Series: Compensating Slave Owners; Compensating for Slavery?

Dr Nick Draper (LSE) will speak on ‘Compensating Slave Owners; Compensating for Slavery? The Legacies of British Slave-ownership project in context'

This paper explores the connections between the compensation paid to British colonial slave-owners in the 1830s and more recent debates over reparations and restitution for slavery. It sets the work now underway in the Legacies of British Slave-ownership project at UCL in the context of the historical process of compensation to British colonial slave-owners, and highlights some of the issues raised in taking this work into the realm of public history.

This lecture is part of the ISOS Seminar Series 2011/2012

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