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James Walvin

James Walvin
James Walvin is the author of several books on slavery and modern social history, including Crossings, A Jamaican Plantation, Sugar, and most recently, Freedom. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and in 2008 he was awarded an OBE for services to scholarship. He lives in England.


Reckoning with the Slave Empires of WWII

James Walvin on the Forced Labor of
Concentration Camps and Gulags
September 20, 2019  By James Walvin
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How Big Sugar Got Rich Off American Cravings

James Walvin on the Unholy Trinity of Soft Drinks, Corn Syrup, and Capitalism
April 5, 2018  By James Walvin
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