
Dr Nicholas Radburn
Dr Nicholas Radburn is a historian at Lancaster University who recently uncovered evidence of the British monarchy's involvement in the slave trade, revealing how enslaved Africans were branded with a royal crown emblem by the South Sea Company.
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Dr Nicholas Radburn is a co-investigator in the research team for the Register of British Slave Traders.
What is the Register of British Slave Traders and who does it identify? | UK newsThe Guardian·
United Kingdom· 2026-09-14
Dr Nicholas Radburn discovered evidence of the branding in the archives of the South Sea Company.
The royal crown branded on enslaved Africans: Britain’s monarchy and the slave trade | SlaveryThe Guardian·
United Kingdom· 2026-09-14






















