Slavery Was 'Foundational' to the British Monarchy, VCU Author Brooke Newman Reveals
January 28, 2026
January 28, 2026
RICHMOND, Virginia, Jan. 28 -- Virginia Commonwealth University issued the following Q&A on Jan. 27, 2026, by Sian Wilkerson with Brooke N. Newman, associate professor in the Department of History in the College of Humanities and Sciences:
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Slavery was 'foundational' to the British monarchy, VCU author Brooke Newman reveals
In her new book, 'The Crown's Silence,' the history professor uses thousands of archival records to d . . .
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Slavery was 'foundational' to the British monarchy, VCU author Brooke Newman reveals
In her new book, 'The Crown's Silence,' the history professor uses thousands of archival records to d . . .