Slavery
Witness History. Britain's forgotten slave owners: Part one. Audio, 9 minutes
How researchers in London uncovered the story of Britain's forgotten slave owners
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Witness History. Britain's forgotten slave owners: Part two. Audio, 9 minutes
The story of Britain's forgotten slave owners and the people they enslaved
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- Posted18 February 2021
Witness History. General Robert E Lee: US Civil War rebel. Audio, 9 minutes
Lee was charged with treason, so why did Congress reinstate his citizenship in 1975?
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- Posted2 February 2021
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- Posted2 February 2021
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- Posted30 January 2021
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- Posted23 January 2021
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- Posted21 January 2021
Arts & Ideas. New Thinking: Women and Slavery. Audio, 44 minutes
Research on women owners, women on plantations, and the daughter of a slave trader
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- Posted12 January 2021
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- Posted21 December 2020
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- Posted17 December 2020
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- Posted16 December 2020
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- Posted16 December 2020
Move to close so-called 'slavery loophole' in US Constitution. Newsday. Audio, 00:03:11
The exploitation of labour continues in US prisons, 155 years after slavery's abolition
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- Posted7 December 2020
World Book Club. Yaa Gyasi: Homegoing. Audio, 50 minutes
We discuss the prize-winning novel Homegoing with its acclaimed Ghanaian author Yaa Gyasi
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- Posted5 December 2020
Witness History. The slaves who defeated Napoleon. Audio, 9 minutes
The first successful slave uprising in modern times, it prompted the abolition of slavery
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In Our Time. The Zong Massacre. Audio, 52 minutes
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the infamous drowning of enslaved Africans in 1781.
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You're Dead to Me. Harriet Tubman (Radio Edit) Audio, 29 minutes
Greg Jenner and guests tell the story of American hero and abolitionist Harriet Tubman.
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- Posted26 November 2020
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- Posted20 November 2020
Assignment. Martinique: The poisoning of paradise. Audio, 27 minutes
The historic link between slavery and the toxic contamination of a Caribbean island
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- Available for over a year
