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Interest: How the British Establishment Resisted the Abolition of Slavery

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Interest: How the British Establishment Resisted the Abolition of Slavery

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ISBN: 9781529110982
Title: Interest: How the British Establishment Resisted the Abolition of Slavery
Author: TAYLOR MICHAEL

A dramatic narrative history based on new research revealing the previously hidden side of the story of abolition

SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING

A DAILY TELEGRAPH BOOK OF THE YEAR

For two hundred years, the abolition of slavery in Britain has been a cause for self-congratulation - but no longer.

In 1807, Parliament outlawed the slave trade in the British Empire. But for the next 25 years more than 700,000 people remained enslaved, due to the immensely powerful pro-slavery group the 'West India Interest'.

This ground-breaking history discloses the extent to which the 'Interest' were supported by nearly every figure of the British establishment - fighting, not to abolish slavery, but to maintain it for profit. Gripping and unflinching, The Interest is the long-overdue expose of one of Britain's darkest, most turbulent times.

'A critical piece of history and a devastating expose' Shashi Tharoor, author of Inglorious Empire

'Thoroughly researched and potent' David Lammy MP

'Essential reading' Simon Sebag Montefiore

Format: Paperback
Price: $35.00

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Weight 344 g
Dimensions 197 × 130 × 26 mm