Michael Morris

Michael Morris has recently taken up a post as Lecturer in English and Cultural History at Liverpool John Moores University. He completed a PhD at the University of Glasgow and a postdoctorate at the University of Edinburgh. His book titled Scotland and the Caribbean, c.1740-1833: Atlantic Archipelagos will be published by Routledge in 2015.

From island nation to Atlantic archipelago: re-assessing Scotland, Britain and Atlantic slavery

Independence offers Scots and Britons an opportunity to shift their self image from insular islanders to inhabitants of an Atlantic archipelago - and, in doing so, to remember the depth of injustice found in that ocean's history.

By Michael Morris

/ 25 Jun 2014