I teach and research English literature at Kingston University, London, UK, where I am a specialist in the cultural history of slavery and its abolition. I have been studying this topic for almost twenty years, and have written or edited four books on the subject - with more to come.I live in England, but I spent almost a year in Philadelphia researching my most recent book, From Peace to Freedom, where I read through more than a century of Quaker minutes! I was also lucky enough to spend time in Barbados, where Quakers first started to question their involvement in the slave trade.I have just edited, with Geoff Plank, a collection of essays about Quakers and slavery which will be published in 2013. I am currently writing a book about the relationship between antislavery and environmental consciousness.Find out more about me and my work at http://www.brycchancarey.com