History lecturer claims Britain did not abolish slavery
An under-fire lecturer who was accused of besmirching a hero of the Industrial Revolution has mocked the idea that Britain abolished slavery.
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An under-fire lecturer who was accused of besmirching a hero of the Industrial Revolution has mocked the idea that Britain abolished slavery.
Writing for a public audience is a double-edged sword. It’s all very well to want to put your work out there and reach as wide an audience as possible – and even if it’s not something you really yearn for, it’s still heavily encouraged and incentivised throughout academia. But it comes with significant risks, and those only grow and multiply as you reach a wider and wider audience.
The editors of a prestigious academic journal have accused Oxbridge dons of “white domination” for defending a hero of the Industrial Revolution, The Telegraph can disclose.
State of the Union: True and good historical research will survive outside the corrupt ivory towers—as has been the historic norm.
A scholar has been accused of “undermining the history of Britain” without evidence after she claimed in a paper that an English ironware producer stole his invention from slaves. The History and Technology journal is investigating Dr Jenny Bulstrode after she claimed that Henry Cort, who is credite