Dr Draper has worked on British slave-ownership for 15 years. He was the co-founder and first Director of the Centre for the Study of the Legacies of British Slave-ownership at University College London until his retirement in 2019. His book The Price of Emancipation (CUP, 2010) won the Royal Historical Society’s Whitfield Prize and was shortlisted for the Frederick Douglass Prize. The television series Britain’s Forgotten Slave-owners that he made with the BBC in 2015 won a BAFTA. Prior to his work in academia he was a banker in the City for 25 years.
We are sure you will really enjoy what promises to be an extremely interesting talk.
A CHANCE TO CHAT: We are very aware that at our meetings, you only really get to hear the dulcet tones of our presidents and don’t get a chance yourself to speak to other members. So at the end of this month’s meeting we thought we would try using breakout rooms to get together and chat & catch up in smaller groups, for around 15-20 minutes. We will organise the breakout rooms and will randomly assign you to a room, with at least one committee member in each to facilitate the proceedings. If you fancy joining in, please do stay on the Zoom call after the meeting has officially ended and we will sort out the details thereafter.