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Pride and Prejudice author Jane Austen’s affinity for drinking tea will be examined in a Black Lives Matter-style “historical interrogation” at a museum honouring the famed writer.
Austen’s cottage in the Hampshire village in Chawton, which has since been converted into one of the more popular museums dedicated to her, will feature displays on “Regency-era colonialism”, including the use of sugar in tea, the director said.
Speaking to The Telegraph, Lizzie Dunford, director of Jane Austen’s House Museum, said: “This is just the start of a steady and considered process of historical interrogation.
“The slave trade and the consequences of Regency-era Colonialism touched every family of means during the period. Jane Austen’s family were no exception.
“As purchasers of tea, sugar and cotton they were consumers of the products of the trade, and did also have closer links via family and friends.
“At Jane Austen’s House we are in the process of reviewing and updating all of our interpretation, including plans to explore the Empire and Regency Colonial context of both Austen’s family and her work.”
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