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How a narrative of black victimhood and white guilt has torpedoed a tribute to one of the noblest episodes in our history, says PROFESSOR NIGEL BIGGAR

The heroics of HMS Black Joke, a Royal Navy clipper that waged a fearless five-year war to put an end to the slave trade, are worthy of a Hollywood action movie. ....

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Schools must teach children about heroes who stopped slavery, campaigners tell Education Secretary

Schools must teach children about the British heroes who helped stop slavery, campaigners have told the Education Secretary. ....

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Rule, Britannia! is NOT a racist song, academic insists

Dr Alka Sehgal Cuthbert told Good Morning Britain that the flag-waving anthem was patriotic rather than racist, following calls to ban the song as it is too celebratory of Britain s imperial past. ....

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Recaptive Number 11,407 | Who Were They?

Jonathan Wright talks to the award-winning poet Raymond Antrobus about his efforts to piece together the life of a freed slave in Sierra Leone, listed in a register as merely “Recaptive Number 11,407, without name, deaf and dumb” ....

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Recaptive Number 11,407 | Who Were They?

Jonathan Wright talks to the award-winning poet Raymond Antrobus about his efforts to piece together the life of a freed slave in Sierra Leone, listed in a register as merely “Recaptive Number 11,407, without name, deaf and dumb” ....

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