The Abolition of the Slave Trade 200 Years On

Marking the bicentenary of the abolishment of the transatlantic slave trade, British historian Simon Schama spoke to a full house on the different responses in America and Britain to this historic event. Schama recently authored "Rough Crossings: Britain, the Slaves, and the American Revolution," which won the 2006 National Book Critics' Circle Award for general nonfiction. His thirty-plus films for the BBC include the Emmy-nominated "A History of Britain" and the eight-part "Power of Art." Schama also writes regularly for "The Guardian" and "The New Yorker" and won a National Magazine Award for his art criticism in 1996.

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[maureenOWW]

Over SEVEN minutes of introduction? Surely one minute is more than enough? Anyone at the lecture is surely going to know who Schama is anyway. Annoying.

[comanchio1976]

@maureenOWW I think he just likes the sound of his own voice.

[Shaam2032]

GREAT SATAN IS DOOMED!!

[thetricon69]

I'm not impressed with readings.

[mycroftyoulike]

Simon, you've talked for over an hour, and havn't said anything. Get to the point, what is it you are actually meaning to say? Forget about the accolades of former students, unless you actually make yourself clear, people will only nod in polite agreement.