Resources
If you would like to explore the issues raised and discussed on this website, this Resource page offers ideas for further reading. Please note that the issues of colonial slavery and industrial exploitation and their legacies have been subject to numerous interpretations and that inclusion here of third party material does not denote agreement by MJR with views expressed.
BOOKS
Free At Last: Clifford Hill. Available from Amazon.
Breaking the Chains of Mental Slavery: Alton Bell. Available from Amazon.
Speaking the Unspeakable - Who cares about the working classes?: Derek Purnell. Available from Urban Presence.
The Zong: A Massacre, the Law and the end of Slavery: James Walvin. Available from Amazon.
BOOKS
Free At Last: Clifford Hill. Available from Amazon.
Breaking the Chains of Mental Slavery: Alton Bell. Available from Amazon.
Speaking the Unspeakable - Who cares about the working classes?: Derek Purnell. Available from Urban Presence.
The Zong: A Massacre, the Law and the end of Slavery: James Walvin. Available from Amazon.
ARTICLES & REPORTS
"From Kelso Cochrane to Brexit – Is Racism Over?" by MJR trustee Dr Joe Alfred, May 2019.
"Can the legacy of trauma be passed down the generations?" A March 2019 BBC article on epigenetics featuring a study on POWs and their descendants.
"Talking Legacy" Presentations from September 2017 on further research undertaken into legacy factors in mental and physical health. “The Legacy of Slavery: Towards an Aetiology of African-Caribbean Mental Health” Nigel Pocock. “Physical Health Research: The outcome of Africans Chattel Enslavement circa 1500-1800” Alton P Bell.
"The Causes and Effects of Mindsets: with special relevance to slave descendants in the Caribbean", Nigel Pocock. Download pdf.
"Making the Case for the Legacy of Slavery", Dr Clifford Hill & MJR
"Proving Legacy". MJR research papers into the effects of legacy on educational achievement, mental and physical health.
"Reading the Riots". A study by the Guardian and LSE, supported by the Joseph Rountree Foundation. Download pdf.
"White Americans Owe A Huge Debt To Blacks", Jenni Russell. The Times 18th Dec 2014. Download pdf.
"Contending with Post-Traumatic Slave Syndrome and dealing with the ongoing legacy of African Chattel enslavement", Alton Bell. Download pdf.
"The Legacy of Slavery", Dr Clifford Hill.
"Slavery and Justice" Report by Steering Committee on Slavery and Justice, Brown University, 2006. Includes a section on legacy. Download report pdf.
"Revealed: Industrial Revolution was powered by child slaves", David Keys. The Independent, 2 August 2010.
"Bloodlines: Branding with another iron". Dr Robert Beckford considers the psychological and social implications of an imposed identity.
"The bloody clash that changed Britain". A concise account of the 1819 Peterloo Massacre, which recently marked its 200th anniversary. "the most important political event ever to take place in Manchester."
"From Kelso Cochrane to Brexit – Is Racism Over?" by MJR trustee Dr Joe Alfred, May 2019.
"Can the legacy of trauma be passed down the generations?" A March 2019 BBC article on epigenetics featuring a study on POWs and their descendants.
"Talking Legacy" Presentations from September 2017 on further research undertaken into legacy factors in mental and physical health. “The Legacy of Slavery: Towards an Aetiology of African-Caribbean Mental Health” Nigel Pocock. “Physical Health Research: The outcome of Africans Chattel Enslavement circa 1500-1800” Alton P Bell.
"The Causes and Effects of Mindsets: with special relevance to slave descendants in the Caribbean", Nigel Pocock. Download pdf.
"Making the Case for the Legacy of Slavery", Dr Clifford Hill & MJR
"Proving Legacy". MJR research papers into the effects of legacy on educational achievement, mental and physical health.
"Reading the Riots". A study by the Guardian and LSE, supported by the Joseph Rountree Foundation. Download pdf.
"White Americans Owe A Huge Debt To Blacks", Jenni Russell. The Times 18th Dec 2014. Download pdf.
"Contending with Post-Traumatic Slave Syndrome and dealing with the ongoing legacy of African Chattel enslavement", Alton Bell. Download pdf.
"The Legacy of Slavery", Dr Clifford Hill.
"Slavery and Justice" Report by Steering Committee on Slavery and Justice, Brown University, 2006. Includes a section on legacy. Download report pdf.
"Revealed: Industrial Revolution was powered by child slaves", David Keys. The Independent, 2 August 2010.
"Bloodlines: Branding with another iron". Dr Robert Beckford considers the psychological and social implications of an imposed identity.
"The bloody clash that changed Britain". A concise account of the 1819 Peterloo Massacre, which recently marked its 200th anniversary. "the most important political event ever to take place in Manchester."
WEBPAGES
The Black History Month website contains an informative section on the history of slavery.
Legacies of British Slave Ownership. Research by University College London tracing the impact of slave-ownership on the formation of modern Britain.
Breaking the Silence: learning about the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade.
The Dred Scott Foundation. The notorious Dred Scott ruling and aftermath moved America closer to Civil War.
The Black History Month website contains an informative section on the history of slavery.
Legacies of British Slave Ownership. Research by University College London tracing the impact of slave-ownership on the formation of modern Britain.
Breaking the Silence: learning about the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade.
The Dred Scott Foundation. The notorious Dred Scott ruling and aftermath moved America closer to Civil War.
OTHER
• International Slavery Museum, Liverpool. Hear the untold stories of enslaved people and learn about historical and contemporary slavery.
• The People’s History Museum, Manchester aims to engage, inspire and inform by showing ‘There have always been ideas worth fighting for’.
• Discover Bristol and the Transatlantic Slave Trade. Workshop and exhibition at M Shed in Bristol.
• New Manchester Walks lead guided walks around city centre landmarks. Slavery - a Plague on Society tells of the city's role in colonial slavery and abolition. Other walks look at the 1819 Peterloo massacre, and Friedrich Engels - author of The Condition of the Working Class in England, written in Manchester.
• Voices of Black Folk. A new play by Khareem Jamal telling the stories of David Walker, Harriet Tubman and Joseph Boulogne. The play looks into the long fight for freedom from slavery, in particular at the role Africans played in the cause of abolition, a narrative sadly absent from the 'official histories'.
Email for details of upcoming production or to enquire about bringing it to your area. Watch the trailer. Sample leaflet.
• Racial Healing: The Eagle's Journey is a new compelling documentary from Reconciliation Eagles offering a hopeful way forward in the area of racial healing and reconciliation. Order the DVD here or download or stream here. View the trailer.
• International Slavery Museum, Liverpool. Hear the untold stories of enslaved people and learn about historical and contemporary slavery.
• The People’s History Museum, Manchester aims to engage, inspire and inform by showing ‘There have always been ideas worth fighting for’.
• Discover Bristol and the Transatlantic Slave Trade. Workshop and exhibition at M Shed in Bristol.
• New Manchester Walks lead guided walks around city centre landmarks. Slavery - a Plague on Society tells of the city's role in colonial slavery and abolition. Other walks look at the 1819 Peterloo massacre, and Friedrich Engels - author of The Condition of the Working Class in England, written in Manchester.
• Voices of Black Folk. A new play by Khareem Jamal telling the stories of David Walker, Harriet Tubman and Joseph Boulogne. The play looks into the long fight for freedom from slavery, in particular at the role Africans played in the cause of abolition, a narrative sadly absent from the 'official histories'.
Email for details of upcoming production or to enquire about bringing it to your area. Watch the trailer. Sample leaflet.
• Racial Healing: The Eagle's Journey is a new compelling documentary from Reconciliation Eagles offering a hopeful way forward in the area of racial healing and reconciliation. Order the DVD here or download or stream here. View the trailer.