Slavery

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The pioneering surgeon who stood up to Rasputin. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The stolen Native Americans who shaped US history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The slave ship that changed history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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I was so inspired by Harriet Jacobs that I wrote a song about her: Corinne Bailey Rae on her history hero. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A large historic plantation-style house sits among tall oak trees draped with Spanish moss. The house has a wide front porch with ornate wrought‑iron railings, green shutters, and several dormer windows on the roof. A garden pathway leads to the front steps, bordered by manicured plants and shaded by the surrounding trees.

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I visited one of America's "most haunted" historical sites. What I found there astonished me. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Edward Colston: life of the week. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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A history of the world in 7 faces: from Tutankhamun to the Virgin Mary. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A gold funerary mask shaped into a human face, with almond‑shaped eyes, a prominent nose, and a closed mouth. The surface is worn and cracked, with some sections missing.

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Blood and plunder: the looted African gold – and the fight to get it back. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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"It was the greatest act of violence for 66 million years": why the modern world was born of bloodshed. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Episode 4The Zong massacre | A murderous insurance scam that exposed slavery’s horrors. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The US 'voodoo' scare: why 19th-century racists spread fake news about Haiti. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Kavita Puri's hidden histories: "Samba schools used the carnival to foreground overlooked histories". This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A historical reenactor, dressed as a member of the United States Colored Troops during the American Civil War, takes a selfie with a phone. He is standing in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC; a Stars and Stripes flag is to his right.

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What is Juneteenth, and why is it celebrated? A historian explains the significance of the holiday today. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Amazing livesRobert Wedderburn: the ‘notorious firebrand’ who campaigned against slavery. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Portraits of William and Ellen Craft

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A “desperate leap for liberty”: how Ellen and William Craft made a daring escape from slavery. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The profits of slaveryThe dire impact of empire on Britain's countryside. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The history of Africa: why we need to look much deeper than slavery and colonisation. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A mural in Bristol of activist Roy Hackett, one of the primary organisers of the 1963 Bristol Bus Boycott (Photo by Steve Taylor ARPS/Alamy Stock Photo)

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Hakim Adi | “Racism in Britain has a long history – but so does anti-racism”. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Video podcastRoman slavery: a brutal life in the ancient empire. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Roman slavery: a brutal life in the ancient empire. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Video podcastAn audacious escape from slavery. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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An audacious escape from slavery. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Britain’s war on the slave ships: how the Royal Navy policed the Atlantic in the 19th century. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Roman slaves: the hidden lives of the empire's invisible labour force. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Slave markets – as shown in this engraving – were a staple of most Roman towns (Image by Alamy)

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Ancient Roman slavery: what was life like as an enslaved person?

British author Sathnam Sanghera poses for a photograph in Hampstead

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Sathnam Sanghera on the legacy of empire. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The abolition of the Transatlantic slave trade: everything you want to know. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Slavery podcast episodes

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VideoSlavery and abolition. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Michael Wood on the ongoing legacy of slavery"Slavery’s effects are still working themselves out in our lives today". This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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