Donington, K;
Mohamud, A;
Whitburn, R;
Draper, N;
(2025)
Teaching Slavery: New approaches to Britain’s colonial past.
[Book].
UCL Press: London, UK.
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Abstract
This groundbreaking book brings together the latest academic research on Britain's involvement in transatlantic slavery, with innovative thinking on the teaching of such challenging histories in the classroom. It provides an essential framework for transforming how slavery is conceptualised and taught in British secondary schools by addressing three specific areas of concern: limits of teacher training on historical content and pedagogical approaches; the scarcity of high-quality, appropriate, research-based resources; and the lack of published material to guide teachers on the principles, knowledge and practice for ethical classroom engagement. Drawing on insights from a long-term partnership between historians and educators, Teaching Slavery combines sophisticated historical analysis with practical pedagogical guidance. The early part of the book offers thorough historiographical examination of key themes, including race, the gendering of slavery, resistance and rethinking abolition. These are followed by detailed guidance on overcoming the challenges of teaching these histories, including exemplar enquiries to help establish a classroom where teachers and students can confidently engage in dialogue about key ideas, including the construction of race and racism. Throughout, the authors emphasise the importance of historical specificity and the need to critically engage with Britain's history of slavery and empire.
| Type: | Book |
|---|---|
| Title: | Teaching Slavery: New approaches to Britain’s colonial past |
| ISBN-13: | 9781800080683 |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.14324/111.9781800080683 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.14324/111.9781800080683 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © Authors, 2025 Any third-party material in this book is not covered by the book’s Creative Commons licence. Details of the copyright ownership and permitted use of third-party material is given in the image (or extract) credit lines. Every effort has been made to identify and contact copyright holders and any omission or error will be corrected if notification is made to the publisher. If you would like to reuse any third-party material not covered by the book’s Creative Commons licence, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright owner. This book is published under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC 4.0), https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/. This licence allows you to share and adapt the work for non-commercial use providing attribution is made to the author and publisher (but not in any way that suggests that they endorse you or your use of the work) and any changes are indicated. Attribution should include the following information: Donington, K., Mohamud, A., Whitburn, R. and Draper, N. (2025). Teaching Slavery: New approaches to Britain’s colonial past. London: UCL Press. https://doi.org/10.14324/111.9781800080683 Further details about Creative Commons licences are available at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/ |
| Keywords: | colonialism, slavery, racism, industrial capitalism, teaching, pedagogy, difficult histories, gender, Caribbean, Africa, Britain |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS > Dept of History |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10215681 |
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