Slavery
The Long View. Slave Labour and Consumer Power. Audio, 28 minutes
Jonathan Freedland examines current debates about ethical shopping and production.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Incarnations: India in 50 Lives. Malik Ambar: The Dark Fated One. Audio, 15 minutes
The life of the Ethiopian who arrived in India as a slave but rose to become a kingmaker.
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In Our Time. The Haitian Revolution. Audio, 47 minutes
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Haitian Revolution of 1791-1804.
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- Available for over a year
File on 4 Investigates. Street Slaves. Audio, 38 minutes
Modern-day slavery in the UK - how the homeless and vulnerable are used for cheap labour.
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- Available for over a year
In Our Time. Spartacus. Audio, 43 minutes
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Roman gladiator and rebel leader Spartacus.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Drama on 3. Curated by Mark Ravenhill, The Octoroon. Audio, 90 minutes
Dion Boucicault's classic melodrama about Abolition and the role of theatre in politics.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for 7 months
Sunday Feature. The American Civil War, Blockade Runners and Black Minstrels. Audio, 45 minutes
What did Britain do in the American Civil War? Louise Welsh investigates.
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- Available for over a year
Sunday Feature. The American Civil War, The War of the North. Audio, 45 minutes
Dr Adam Smith explores the world of the North and its war.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
Sunday Feature. The American Civil War, The War of the South. Audio, 45 minutes
Adam Smith explores the American South and the Civil War.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
Crossing Continents. Uganda. Audio, 30 minutes
Investigating the human trafficking of Ugandan women to work as virtual slaves in Iraq.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
File on 4 Investigates. Domestic servitude. Audio, 40 minutes
Investigating the plight of foreign workers in the UK working in domestic servitude.
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The Monday Documentary. Freedom from Slavery in Mauritania. Audio, 22 minutes
Mauritania has a tradition of slavery going back centuries
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
In Our Time. Thoreau and the American Idyll. Audio, 45 minutes
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the philosopher and naturalist Henry David Thoreau.
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America, Empire of Liberty. Southern Planters and Black Slaves. Audio, 15 minutes
The English settled in Virginia and Maryland. Slaves from Africa were introduced.
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In Our Time. Wilberforce. Audio, 45 minutes
Melvyn Bragg examines the life of anti-slavery campaigner, William Wilberforce.
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- Available for over a year
In Our Time. Uncle Tom's Cabin. Audio, 45 minutes
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the 19th century anti-slavery novel, 'Uncle Tom's Cabin'.
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- Available for over a year
The Body Trade. Trafficking for Labour. Audio, 28 minutes
Millions of people worldwide are traded for their labour and shackled to employers by debt
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Agenda. How Best to Make Slavery Reparations? Audio, 26 minutes
How can governments and individual companies best make reparations for slavery?
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Slavery. Audio, 29 minutes
How slavery began in Africa
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
The Radio History of The World. The Slave Trade. Audio, 13 minutes
Europeans in Ghana began the slave trade more than 500 years ago
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Chill Out. Race in America. Audio, 30 minutes
Why does America have the jitters? The United States is nervous about race debate
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Essential Guide. History of Race - Part Two. Audio, 28 minutes
Slavery's role in the history of race
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
