Slavery podcast episodes
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Slave traders: the men who built a brutal empire. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
Nicholas Radburn examines the ruthless practices of the men who made the 18th-century trans-Atlantic slave trade possible
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The shoemaker who helped slaves escape the South. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
Scott Shane shares the tale of Thomas Smallwood, a formerly enslaved man and shoemaker who helped hundreds of people to flee from southern slavery in the 1840s
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The Demerara slave uprising. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
Thomas Harding discusses a little-known uprising by enslaved people in the British colony of Demerara in 1823
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How one woman liberated a notorious US slave jail. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
Kristen Green delves into the story of Mary Lumpkin, an enslaved woman who became a founder of one of the first historically black colleges and universities in the US
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The slave trade: a family history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
Alex Renton shares the story of his own family’s involvement in the slave trade, and considers how best to deal with this unwanted inheritance
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An Atlantic slave war. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
Vincent Brown discusses an uprising in Jamaica that was the largest slave revolt in the 18th-century British Atlantic world
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Berbice: a slave rebellion that nearly succeeded. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
Marjoleine Kars discusses a little-known 1763 rebellion by enslaved people in Berbice, in present-day Guyana
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How should we teach the slave trade?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
Teachers Richard Kennett and Tom Allen discuss a new textbook on the transatlantic slave trade and its impact on the city of Bristol
