White Debt: The Demerara Uprising and Britain’s legacy of slavery, by Thomas Harding

1 Sep 2022 | by Kathleen Bell

Author: Thomas Harding. Review by Kathleen Bell.

'As Quakers, we tend to be keener to describe our anti-slavery activities than to acknowledge the profit Quakers made from slavery.' | Photo: Book cover of White Debt: The Demerara Uprising and Britain’s legacy of slavery, by Thomas Harding

We inherit a past in which damage was done. We can’t cure the damage, but its effects persist. It presents us with responsibilities.

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