When researching his family’s black history, Paul Crooks discovered his great great great grandfather walked free from a sugar plantation in Jamaica in 1838. Paul wanted to know more about what lay behind the decision to free the enslaved people of the Caribbean.

Paul found that the abolition of slavery was not merely the result of a rising standard of political ethics in Britain. It was a form of cutting off losses. Money had everything to do with the decision to offer liberty to people enslaved in the Caribbean and North America.

Paul will outline how the everyday activities of Africans enslaved in the Caribbean

weakened the British Colonies in the Caribbean economically; and
led to Britain champion the end of transatlantic enslavement in the Americas.

This talk is designed to help improve the self-respect of black people young and old and give them a brighter, more optimistic outlook. It’s also designed to help other people view African Diasporans with more appreciative eyes.

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This online talk will be held over Zoom. Details of how to join the session will be in your registration confirmation email.

Who is this talk for?

The talk is suitable for you if

you want to develop your knowledge and understanding of the relationship between African Caribbean history and African American history
you’re new to exploring family history

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Paul Crooks is unique as a published author and genealogist with a specialist interest in Black ancestry and African Caribbean history. He came to prominence with his pioneering research into African Caribbean genealogy During the 1990s, when he became the first to trace his family history back 6 generations, from London to his ancestors captured off the West African coast 200 years ago. He discovered his ancestors were enslaved on a sugar plantation in Jamaica. His books, Ancestors and A Tree Without Roots - The Guide To Tracing British, African and Asian Caribbean Ancestry brought him international recognition for his breakthrough research into Black ancestry.

Paul appeared on Who Do You Think You Are? with Moira Stuart as the expert in African Caribbean family history. He is credited with inspiring an upsurge in interest in Black and British ancestry. He is also recognised for having spawned an industry in African Caribbean genealogy.

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