Burns and Black Lives by McGinn, Clark

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Would Burns ‘Take the Knee today?How could our Burns, the people’s poet, look to become an instrument in what many now call ‘The Black Holocaust’?Did Burns intend to travel knowing he would become a slavedriver, and broadly what that meant in terms of imposing suffering on others?

Burns and Black Lives&is an essential read for those interested in the intersections of literature, history and social justice, offering a profound re-examination of one of Scotland’s most iconic figures.