The Nature of Black Presence in England Before the Abolition of Slavery

White Male Privilege: An intersectional deconstruction

“…In fact, the Black Atlantic slave trade meant "slavery thrust different African ethnic groups together in the slave forts of West Africa, on the slave ships of the "middle passage" and most significantly on the slave plantations and the huge houses of the rich in the Caribbean, America, and Britain. (Dixon, 2007). Thus, the African in America and the African in Britain were one and the same.…”

“…We did not have large plantations in Britain and most Africans served in houses. (Dixon, 2007). I think this deconstruction goes beyond the thirty-one-year difference abolition of slavery in Britain in 1834 (The Story of Africa -Slavery, 2015) and America in 1865 (The Story of Africa -Slavery, 2015) and to attempt to diminish my white privilege over people of color in Britain being less significant than I would have experienced growing up in America would only serve as a misrepresentation.…”

“…The truth of this film now deeply saddens me. I learnt nothing of African British history, the Black Atlantic (Dixon, 2007) and never gave a thought as to where the Black population of Britain originally came from. In fact, the Black Atlantic slave trade meant "slavery thrust different African ethnic groups together in the slave forts of West Africa, on the slave ships of the "middle passage" and most significantly on the slave plantations and the huge houses of the rich in the Caribbean, America, and Britain.…”