Please join the Helena Kennedy Centre for the launch of Professor Laura Murphy's new book Freedomville: The Story of a 21st Century Slave Revolt, recently published with Columbia Global Reports.

Baroness Helena Kennedy and Dr Sunita Toor will discuss the book with Professor Murphy on the 16th of November at 3.30 PM on the Collegiate Crescent Campus (Heart of the Campus Lecture Theatre 0.06.). Reception to follow.

Freedomville tells the story of a community of people who were enslaved in India in the 21st century, and who overthrew their slaveholders and founded their own new village -- Freedomville. They were celebrated by the press and non-profits as anti-slavery heroes. But when Murphy returned to the village to learn more about the community's life after slavery, she learned that they kept a dark secret for a decade -- they had committed murder. The book explores the significance of violent protest and the "ngo-ification" of the stories of survivors of slavery.

The three scholars of human rights will discuss the implications of the revolt for human rights around the world.
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