Strategic ignorance in families and parliaments
I recently wrote an article about the UK Parliament’s role in creating, maintaining and delaying the abolition of Transatlantic African Trafficking and Chattel Enslavement. If Parliament were to face up to this history and its impact, it could contribute to the repair that is needed in a world that remains racist towards Africans both on their continent and in the diaspora. I discovered that at least one of my ancestors was an enslaver. John Crewe was compensated £5,102 for 234…