slavery

[james armstrong]

The Drax estates in Dorset of Richard Drax MP ,are receivers of one of the largest CAP cheques of  £417,000 in 2009,

In 1834 they received £200,000 in compensation from HMG when slavery was  abolished  by statute and their slaves 'set free.' 

They are reported to-day still to   own sugar plantations in the West Indies.

See below.

slavery and public funds then,   massive and secret public funds now.  plus ca change .




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AbolitionYou are in: Dorset > Abolition > Life on the plantationAnti-slavery campaign sugar bowl c. 1800Life on the plantationBy Sarah BurbedgeOlga
 Pinder remembers working on the sugar plantations at the Drax Hall 
Estate in Barbados as a young girl. She talks to BBC South's Sarah 
Burbedge about what life was like on the plantations in 1950s.Dorset’s
 Drax family used to be slave owners in Barbados. The family still owns a
 sugar plantation on the island, employing local workers to grow sugar 
cane.Olga Pinder worked on the plantation in 1950s when she was 
just a teenager. She has since moved to the UK and now lives in Reading 
with her daughter Norma.BBC South’s Sarah Burbedge went to meet Olga, to hear what life was like for her on the plantation.Interview with Olga PinderOlga Pinder reflects on life at the plantation >Olga remembers her poor childhood >Olga says slavery isn't spoken about >Help playing audio/videolast updated: 04/03/2008 at 14:01
created: 23/03/2007SEE ALSO     		 	   		  
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