Forgetting to heal : remembering the abolition act of 1807

Emma Waterton; Laurajane Smith; Ross Wilson; Kalliopi Fouseki

Forgetting to heal : remembering the abolition act of 1807

Emma Waterton, Laurajane Smith, Ross Wilson, Kalliopi Fouseki

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Abstract

This article investigates the cultural memory of the bicentenary of the abolition of the slave trade in Britain. It examines official government responses and considers how these were replicated in popular culture, drawing on the film Amazing Grace. The study highlights the rhetoric employed to distance the past of the transatlantic slave trade from the present, thereby contributing to a process of historical erasure rather than tackling the lingering social and political affects of a traumatic past.

Original language	English
Number of pages	14
Journal	European Journal of English Studies
Publication status	Published - 2010

Keywords

abolition
collective guilt
collective memory
slave trade
social integration

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