Slavery
The Essay. New Generation Thinkers 2022, Fugitive slaves, Victorian justice. Audio, 14 minutes
Oskar Jensen tells the tall tale of a court case inspired by a best-selling novel.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
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- Posted2 April 2023
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- Posted2 April 2023
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- Posted29 March 2023
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- Posted24 March 2023
Lady Killers with Lucy Worsley. 12. Margaret Garner - Icon of Tragedy & Resistance. Audio, 28 minutes
Lucy Worsley explores the drastic choice made by an enslaved mother in 1850s America.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
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- Posted13 March 2023
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- Posted2 March 2023
Moral Maze. How should Britain make amends for its colonial past? Audio, 43 minutes
Michael Buerk examines the moral issues behind one of the week's news stories. #moralmaze
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
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- Posted14 February 2023
The Documentary Podcast. America's first black bank. Audio, 28 minutes
Szu Ping Chan looks at the the history and collapse of The Freedman’s Bank and its legacy
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
The Essay. Stories to Keep Space for on the Bookshelves, Iola Leroy. Audio, 14 minutes
Xine Yao reads the first novel by African American writer Frances EW Harper (1825-1911).
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
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- Posted5 February 2023
The Radio 3 Documentary. Rebel Sounds: Musical Resistance in Barbados. Audio, 45 minutes
Peter Brathwaite discovers the music of his black enslaved & white slave-owning ancestors
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
Sunday Feature. Rebel Sounds: Musical Resistance in Barbados. Audio, 44 minutes
Peter Brathwaite discovers the music of both his enslaved and slave-owning ancestors.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
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- Posted25 January 2023
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- Posted23 January 2023
Arts & Ideas. Phillis Wheatley. Audio, 44 minutes
The enslaved African American woman, Phillis Wheatley who became a celebrated poet.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
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- Posted10 January 2023
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- Posted4 January 2023
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- Posted1 January 2023
Lives Less Ordinary. The secrets of a slave ship in an Alabama swamp. Audio, 41 minutes
Journalist Ben Raines went in search of a sunken ship with a dark history
- AttributionBBC World Service
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- Posted19 December 2022
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- Posted14 December 2022
