Richard G Stone

Richard G Stone is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of History at the University of Bristol, affiliated with the Centre for Black Humanities, Centre for Environmental Humanities, and Early Modern Studies Research Group. His research examines the Atlantic slave economy's impact on institutional development, trade networks, and reparative justice, with a geographic focus on Bristol.

Stone investigates the intersection of slavery-derived wealth, philanthropy, and economic systems across five centuries. Key interests include:

• Legacies of Atlantic trade in urban development
• Compensation systems post-abolition (1834)
• Reparative justice frameworks through archival research

He leads major projects including:

• Bristol, Capital and Enslavement (UKRI-funded): Analyzing slave compensation records to trace economic impacts
• Slavery and the Society of Merchant Venturers: Institutional complicity research
• Creating Research Together: Collaborative reparative justice initiatives

Stone advises cultural institutions including Bristol Museums, Bristol Archives, and Bristol Cathedral. He regularly contributes to media (BBC, The Economist) and public history programs.