Drax of Drax Hall

Paul Lashmar is Reader in Journalism at City St George's, University of London. He has taken an interest in the history of slavery since he developed a Channel 4 series on Britain's slave trade in 1999. He has been an investigative journalist in television and print, and on the staff of The Observer, Granada Television's World in Action current affairs series and The Independent. He is the author, co-author or co-editor of six books. He lives in Dorset.David Adetayo Olusoga OBE is a British-Nigerian historian, writer, broadcaster and BAFTA-winning film-maker.

• Foreword by David OlusogaIntroduction1. Drax Hall, Barbados2. The Erles of Charborough3. Barbados and the English Civil War4. Post-Restoration5. The Grosvenor Years6. The Wicked Squire7. Four Barrels and a Smoking Gun8. NemesisArchivesFamily TreesTen Major Dorset Landowners 1883-2020Index

'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.'