The Interest Av Michael Taylor

<p><b>Discover how the campaign to end slavery divided Britain and was almost thwarted by some of the most powerful and famous figures of the era.</b><br><br><b>**SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING**</b><br><br>In 1807, Parliament outlawed the slave trade in the British Empire. But for the next 25 years more than 700,000 people remained enslaved, due to the immensely powerful pro-slavery group the ''West India Interest''.<br><br>This ground-breaking history discloses the extent to which the ''Interest'' were supported by nearly every figure of the British establishment <b>-</b> fighting, not to abolish slavery, but to maintain it for profit. Gripping and unflinching, <i>The Interest </i>is the long-overdue expos¿f one of Britain''s darkest, most turbulent times.<br><br><b>A <i>DAILY TELEGRAPH </i>BOOK OF THE YEAR</b><br><br><b>''Scintillating . . . compulsively readable'' <i>Guardian</i><br><br>''A magnificent book . . . riveting'' <i>Evening Standard</i></b><br><br