Marika Sherwood
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Britain’s first Anti-Slavery Act was ineffective, says Marika Sherwood – British slave traders found ways around it to carry on their profitable activities, while British commerce flourished through the import of slave-grown cotton. Published February 20 2007
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Marika Sherwood reveals the state of our knowledge – and ignorance – about a period of our multi-racial past. Published September 14 2003
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Marika Sherwood looks at the history of racist attacks in Britain, following the criticism of police handling of the murder of black teenager Stephen Lawrence in 1993.
Published March 1 1999
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Robin BlackburnGeneral History of the Caribean, volume III: The slave Societies of the Caribbean.Franklin W. KnightThe Slave Trade. The History of the Atlantic Slave Trade 1440-1870Hugh Thomas
Published January 1 1999
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Marika Sherwood trawls contemporary reports of the anti-Catholic protests that rocked London in June 1780 to reveal the black men and women who took part, exploring their motives and punishments for doing so. Published December 1 1997
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Marika Sherwood on race and exploitation at sea.
Published July 31 1990
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