Renton, Alex
Blood Legacy: Reckoning With a Family's Story of Slavery
- ISBN 13:
- 9781786898869
- author:
- Renton, Alex
- format:
- Hardback
- publisher:
- Canongate Books Ltd
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2021
- Pages:
- 400
- Dimensions:
- 22 x 14.4 x 3.6 centimeters (0.5
- Genre:
- History, Social History, ,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Blood Legacy is a deeply personal and thought-provoking exploration of the legacy of slavery in Britain. Alex Renton examines the history of his own family's involvement with slavery and the ongoing impact it has had on the present.
When British Caribbean slavery was abolished in 1833, it was the slave owners who were compensated, not the enslaved. Today, some of the descendants of these slave owners are among the wealthiest and most powerful people in Britain. Renton asks how the legacy of this history has been passed down and how those who benefited can begin to make amends.
This book is a crucial examination of the inheritance of slavery's legacy and the need for reparations. It is a story of one family's history, but also a broader exploration of how the past continues to shape our world today.
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