Jane Austen s love of tea is to be investigated as part of a historical interrogation into her links to the slave trade.
The celebrated author wrote Pride and Prejudice and Mansfield Park while living in a cottage in the Hampshire village of Chawton, which has now been turned into a museum.
Staff at the home devoted to the 18th century author are now re-evaluating her place in Regency era colonialism .
Her links to the slave trade come through her father George Austen, the rector for a nearby parish who was at one point a trustee for an Antigua sugar plantation.
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Рынок акций РФ открылся смешанной динамикой цен blue chips; индексы МосБиржи и РТС снизились на 0,1-0,2%
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