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The British monarchy is one of the oldest and most resilient in the world. In this episode, we explore their links with the slave trade and just how involved they were.

Featuring author and associate professor of history at Virginia Commonwealth University, Brooke Newman.

The transcript for this episode can be found here.



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Written and Hosted by Moya Lothian-McLean

Editor and Producer Renay Richardson

Researchers Arisa Loomba and Dr. Alison Bennett

Production Assistant Rory Boyle

Sound Design Lex Adimora

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Did the Slave rebellions play a part in the British Monarchy's stance on abolition?
Featuring author and associate professor of History at Virginia Commonwealth University, Brooke Newman.
The full episode transcript can be found here.

CREDITS

Written and hosted by Moya Lothian-McLean
Editor and Producer is Renay Richardson
Researchers are Arisa Loomba and Dr. Alison Bennett
Production Assistant is Rory Boyle
Sound Design by Lex Adimora
Social Assets by /Forward Slash

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The image of ‘England’s green and pleasant land’ is one that has endured for centuries, but is this land really for everyone?



Featuring PHD Student Annabelle Gilmore and Maxwell Ayamber PHD Student and founder and Project Coordinator of Sheffield Environmental Movement.



The full episode transcript can be found here.



CREDIT:

Written by Moya Lothian-McLean

Editor and Producer Renay Richardson

Researchers Dr. Alison Bennett and Arisa Loomba 

Production Assistant is Rory Boyle

Sound Design by Ben Yollowitz and the Smiley Sound Collective

Social Assets by /Forward Slash.



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When Britain’s railways are placed within the context of the empire they helped to maintain, they are framed as one of the only ‘good’ legacies of imperialism. In this episode, we focus on the original Great Western Railway and how it's linked to history within the British slave trade.



Featuring Dr. Oli Betts, research lead at the National Railway Museum in York.



The full episode transcript can be found here.



CREDIT



Written by Moya Lothian-McLean

Editor and Producer Renay Richardson

Researchers are Dr. Alison Bennett and Arisa Loomba

Production Assistant is Rory Boyle

Sound Design by Ben Yellowitz and the Smiley Sound Collective

Social Assets by /Forward Slash.



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The journey of the Middle Passage is one of the most evocative images of slavery, taught in schools as an example of brutality. It was the sea voyage of no return. In this episode, we discover the realities of this horrific journey and what legacies we still live with.



Featuring Sowande Mustakeem, Associate Professor of History and African and African American Studies at Washington University in St. Louis. This episode also features music from Slavery At Sea: The Book Soundtrack by Sowande Mustakeen which can be streamed and purchased here.

The full episode transcript can be found here.



CREDITS



Written and hosted by Moya Lothian-McLean

Editor and Producer is Renay Richardson

Researchers are Arisa Loomba and Dr. Alison Bennett

Production Assistant is Rory Boyle

Sound Design by Lex Adimora

Social Assets by /Forward Slash



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Before the 400-odd years of the triangular trade, the plantations, the whips, the Sunday markets, the racial science. What were the first stirrings of an industry that we now understand as the pinnacle of inhumanity, but in the 1600s seemed the height of financial innovation?

Featuring PHD candidate Patricia Martins Marcos.

The full episode transcript can be found here.



CREDITS



Written and hosted by Moya Lothian-McLean

Editor and Producer is Renay Richardson

Researchers are Arisa Loomba and Dr. Alison Bennett

Production Assistant is Rory Boyle

Sound Design by Lex Adimora

Social Assets by /Forward Slash



This is a Broccoli Production
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