About
This webinar held on the 13th May 2024, was the second panel in the series of online discussions about the Anglican Church and Slavery. This collaborative series explores the historical involvement of the Anglican Church in the institution of slavery, the lasting implications of colonialism on the Church and actions to progress racial justice by the Church of England Racial Justice Unit (CoERJU).
This webinar considers specifically the role of women as enslavers/beneficiaries of African enslavement and their links to the Anglican church, including religious justifications for keeping African-descended people enslaved. It focus on women as resistors/rebels against slavery (including as church leaders); and how women, especially Black women, are viewed in the church today as a result of slavery.
Watch the seminar recording
Panellists
Michelle Charters, Head of the International Slavery Museum, moderated this panel and was joined by the following panellists.
Fiona Compton, a Saint Lucian artist, photographer, speaker, and historian, leads Know Your Caribbean, the world's top online platform for Caribbean History and Culture, reaching 3 million monthly visitors. She hosts engaging workshops for youth, organizations, and corporations globally, focusing on community-empowerment and representation.
Professor Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers is Associate Professor of History at UC Berkeley and Director of the African and African-American History Writer’s Workshop. Her research focusses on gender and American slavery, extending to nineteenth century legal and economic history. Her first book, They Were Her Property: White Women as Slave Owners in the American South, was the recipient of multiple awards, including the Lapidus Center for the Historical Analysis of Transatlantic Slavery 2020 Harriet Tubman Prize. Her current project, Women of the Trade, reshapes our understanding of the British Atlantic slave-trade by centring the fundamental experiences of women, free and captive.
Chine McDonald is the author of 'God Is Not A White Man: And Other Revelations', which was shortlisted for the 2023 Michael Ramsey Prize. She speaks and writes often on issues of race, gender and faith, including in a range of national media, as well as contributes regularly to BBC Religion & Ethics programmes. Her first book 'Am I Beautiful?' explored body image among Christian women. Chine is director of the Westminster-based religion and society think tank, Theos. She is a trustee of Christian Aid, and vice-chair of Greenbelt Festival.
Reading list
Women, Slavery and the Church reading list
