‘Unjust and inhuman’: how royal family ignored a Black abolitionist’s plea to end the slave trade
- Posted on January 29, 2026
- By The Guardian
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‘Unjust and inhuman’: how royal family ignored a Black abolitionist’s plea to end the slave trade
In this adapted extract from The Crown’s Silence, which examines the royal family’s links with slavery from Elizabeth I to the present, Ottobah Cugoano directly appeals to the monarchy – but is met with silence
