Stolen History: The truth about the British Empire and how it shaped us

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It crystallised so well a lot of the things that had been keeping me awake at night about the state of our politics, and the state of the world more generally. More than 10% of the UK’s current population (including a staggering 44% of the NHS’s medical staff) is non-white. The sugar and other crops produced by the enslaved made some British people very rich, but eventually, Britain accepted the trade was evil, outlawed it and took a leading role in abolishing it around the world. But then there was a long period between the late-seventeenth and early-nineteenth centuries when the British Empire profited from the evils of the Atlantic slave trade.

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When we talk about world-changing books, we often focus on adult nonfiction, but in many ways the stories we tell the younger generations can be the most impactful in changing minds, capturing hearts and galvanising readers to believe they can create real change.The book that has had the biggest impact on me recently is The Revenge of Power, by the former Venezuelan minister Moisés Naím. Around 3 million Africans suffered this fate during the British Empire, with many of them dying on the journey due to terrible conditions on the ships.

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most readers will learn a lot, from the imperial origin of moustaches to the shameful invasion of Tibet, and Queen Elizabeth I complaining in 1596 about England being swamped by black immigration… this is a book anyone really interested in their own identity in modern Britain should read, enjoy and occasionally shout at.William Cuffay, the child of a freed West Indian slave and a white woman, helped lead London’s Chartist movement for greater democracy – then, after being transported, became a political organiser in Australia.