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SUMMARY:‘SLAVERY IS STILL ALIVE’ - Black Power and slavery in Britain 
 1967-72 - Dr Robin Bunce
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DESCRIPTION:This paper recovers concepts of slavery and emancipation advan
 ced by black radicals living in Britain who identified themselves with Bla
 ck Power. It focuses on the defining period of the movement in Britain: fr
 om Stokely Carmichael’s speech at the Dialectics of Liberation conferenc
 e in July 1967\, to the arrest of the Oval 4 in March 1972. In essence\, i
 t argues that\, despite profound disagreements within the Black Power move
 ment\, all agreed on the continuing significance of slavery. Second\, that
  slavery was accorded a central role in historical narratives constructed 
 to explain and defend the new movement. Third\, that (along with fascism\,
  apartheid\, and colonialism) slavery was used as a type to described and 
 critique contemporary Britain. Finally\, while all agreed that slavery was
 \, in some sense\, highly significant\, the nature and lessons of slavery\
 , and the relationship between slavery and contemporary Britain\, were con
 tested.\n\nWhile the paper primary focuses on the movement in Britain\, it
  situates the movement within its international context. Therefore\, it tr
 aces the influence of the 1968 Montreal Congress of Black Writers - Toward
 s the Second Emancipation\, the example of American radicals\, and Trinida
 d’s 1970 Black Power Revolution on the British movement.\n
LOCATION:Bamford Room\, Homerton College
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