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About Marika Sherwood

Marika Sherwood is a senior research fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, London. Her most recent book is After Abolition: Britain and the Slave Trade Since 1807 (IB Tauris, 2007).

Articles by Marika Sherwood

Friday 23rd March

Slaves and slavery, 1807-2007: the past in the present

Britain abolished the slave trade on 25 March 2007. The legacy of the trade and of the institution of slavery continues to reverberate, writes Marika Sherwood.
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