£2 Talk Drax of Drax Hall: How One British Family Got Rich (and Stayed Rich) from Sugar and Slavery, with Paul Lashmar
Journalist Paul Lashmar will be talking about his book ‘Drax of Drax Hall : How One British Family Got Rich (and Stayed Rich) from Sugar and Slavery’.
Published in 2025 and with a foreword by David Olusoga.
‘Drax of Drax Hall by Paul Lashmar review – forensic exposé of a British dynasty built on slavery’
This timely and important book reveals Barbados plantation owner James Drax to be the equal of Robert Clive or Cecil Rhodes in his profiteering from human misery
Drax of Drax Hall is not just a look into the dark sources of one family’s fortune; it is an indictment of a nation’s refusal to reckon with its past. Lashmar’s book is a necessary, damning reminder that the ghosts of empire are not distant – they are living, breathing and, in some cases, still collecting rent.’ The Guardian
Full review here.
Dr Paul Lashmar is an investigative journalist and Emeritus Fellow of City St Georges, University of London
Tickets also available on the door or from Port Hall Stores (cash).
£2.00
