Padraic X. Scanlan

Padraic X. Scanlan is a Canadian historian and professor at the University of Toronto whose work examines the history of slavery, abolition, and the British Empire. His book Rot explores the legacies of slavery and colonialism in the modern world, challenging comfortable narratives about abolition and progress. Scanlan's research reveals the economic, social, and moral complexities that shaped the end of slavery and continue to influence contemporary societies. His books and audiobooks offer listeners rigorous, thought-provoking history that complicates easy stories about the past and forces readers to confront uncomfortable truths about how the modern world was built.