Stories
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Parks and politics in Brixton’s past and present
Gentrification is creeping along Railton Road, but racial inequality still lingers in memories of the 1980s, and in the continuing lack of green-space access.
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Colonialism and the origins of skin bleaching
The widespread practice of skin bleaching was heavily influenced by the Western colonisation and slavery of African and South Asian countries. Ngunan Adamu explores this toxic history.
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Lustmord and the three perspectives of murder
Artist Jenny Holzer's work shines a light on the three perspectives of sexual murder: the victim, the perpetrator and the observer.
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Deadly doses and the hardest of hard drugs
The invention of the modern hypodermic syringe meant we could get high – or accidentally die – faster than before. Find out how this medical breakthrough was adapted for deadly uses.
Catalogue
- Books
- Online
Wilson anti-slavery pamphlets.
Date: 1761-1900- Books
Daniel O'Connell and the anti-slavery movement : 'the saddest people the sun sees' / by Christine Kinealy.
Kinealy, Christine.Date: 2011- Books
Drugs and slavery / by Peter Willey.
Willey, PeterDate: 1971- Books
The Hmong of Thailand : opium people of the Golden Triangle / Nicholas Tapp.
Tapp, Nicholas, 1952-Date: 1986- Journals
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Anti-Slavery Reporter and Aborigines' Friend