Tag: slavery

Total Results: 29


September 20, 2021

How liberals made the British Empire The certainties of today's activists echo those of former colonialists

Aris Roussinos

Monday
06.09

06.09

Why woke capitalism works Josiah Wedgwood's life shows the value of mixing business with morality

Tomiwa Owolade

Thursday
12.08

12.08

Why is child marriage legal in the West? It's the one type of slavery the West ignores

Ayaan Hirsi Ali

Thursday
20.05

20.05

How racist was the British Empire? A debate over war graves threatens to mislead the public about the past

Nigel Biggar

Monday
29.03

29.03

Antiracism is too middle-class An obsession with language ignores the material priorities of Britain’s minorities

Remi Adekoya

Wednesday
16.12

16.12

Restorations always fail Whether it's Old Labour, the monarchy or America after Trump, history shows that there is no going back

Peter Franklin

Wednesday
18.11

18.11

How Big Slave ruled Britain Liberals ignore the fact that most people resisted — or didn't care about — the end of slavery

Gavin Haynes

Friday
28.08

28.08

It’s time Europeans demanded reparations for slavery Over a million people from across the continent were taken by Moorish pirates — when will their descendents receive justice?

Douglas Murray

Friday
21.08

21.08

The abolitionist who believed in bloodshed John Brown's legacy raises a tricky question: can an institution be so evil that violence against it is justified?

Ralph Leonard

Tuesday
21.07

21.07

The myth of ‘Anglo-America’ Simplistic civilisational narratives are all the rage right now — but take them with a pinch of salt

Peter Franklin

Thursday
25.06

25.06

Was my diabetes a symbol of moral failure? Lockdown has drastically affected my health — and taught me a lesson in over-indulgence

Giles Fraser

Monday
08.06

08.06

Did Colston deserve his watery grave? Victorians used American racism as a way to feel good about themselves. So do we

Matthew Sweet