Centre for the Study of the Legacies of British Slavery
The Centre for the Study of the Legacies of British Slavery, formerly the Centre for the Study of the Legacies of British Slave-ownership, is a research centre of University College, London (UCL) that focuses on revealing the impact of British slavery and, in particular, the implications of the Slave Compensation Act 1837. The Centre's work is freely available online to the public through the Legacies of British Slavery database.
Slaves working on a plantation in Antigua (1823)
Greys Court House, whose owners benefitted from slave compensation from Antigua
Farley Hall, whose owners benefitted from slave compensation from Antigua
Brentry House, whose owners benefitted from slave compensation from Antigua
Catherine Hall is a British academic. She is Emerita Professor of Modern British Social and Cultural History at University College London and chair of its digital scholarship project, the Centre for the Study of the Legacies of British Slavery. Her work as a feminist historian focuses on the 18th and 19th centuries, and the themes of gender, class, race, and empire.
Hall in 2021