Ever since Eric Williams published his book Capitalism and Slavery, which demonstrated to those more inclined to weigh evidence rather than ideology that

At the same time as slavery came to an end in the British Empire, still harsher restrictions on working people were promulgated. That was not a coincidence. Image by William Gibson. At the same time as slavery came to an end in the British Empire, still harsher restrictions on working people were promulgated. That was […]

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