READ ABOUT BLACK HISTORY IN THE UK

Colonisation and slavery in the UK

 An article by the Guardian giving an overview of Britain’s imperial past: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2011/oct/19/end-myths-britains-imperial-past 

“From the middle of the 18th century until 1834, the use of non-indigenous black slave labour originally shipped from Africa was the rule [...] the elimination of "inferior" peoples was seen by some to be historically inevitable, and where the experience helped in the construction of the racist ideologies that arose subsequently in Europe.”

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An article by the Guardian on Britain’s history of slavery https://www.theguardian.com/news/201i8/mar/29/slavery-abolition-compensation-when-will-britain-face-up-to-its-crimes-against-humanity 

“Not a single shilling of reparation, nor a single word of apology, has ever been granted by the British state to the people it enslaved, or their descendants.”

An article on the Rhodes Must Fall Movement

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/mar/16/the-real-meaning-of-rhodes-must-fall 

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A podcast called We Need to Talk About the British Empire which focuses on discussing the legacy of Britain’s past through the eyes of those whose histories are steeped in colonialism: 

https://www.ft.com/content/8896c304-4f15-11ea-95a0-43d18ec715f5

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Article on the history of the East India Company

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/mar/04/east-india-company-original-corporate-raiders 

“We still talk about the British conquering India, but that phrase disguises a more sinister reality. It was not the British government that seized India at the end of the 18th century, but a dangerously unregulated private company headquartered in one small office, five windows wide, in London, and managed in India by an unstable sociopath – Clive.”

An article outlining the history of racism in the UK: https://novaramedia.com/2020/06/01/the-uk-is-not-innocent-police-brutality-has-a-long-and-violent-history-here/ 

“...1,741 people have died in police custody or otherwise following contact with the police in England and Wales since 1990. Not a single police officer has been convicted in connection to these deaths.” 

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