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Back to Search54. Royal African Company: Slavery Inc
Season 3 Episode 7
The Royal African Company was at the heart of England's involvement in the transatlantic slave trade. From its inception to the abolition of the trad…
2 years, 10 months ago
53. Barbary Corsairs: Raiding the British isles
Season 3 Episode 6
Slave raids on the south coast of Britain. Islamic executioners from Exeter. North African pirates in the Mediterranean. The Barbary slave trade is q…
2 years, 10 months ago
52. The Slave who Ruled
Season 3 Episode 5
Born in Ethiopia, 1548, Malik Ambar was taken from his people at the age of 12 and sold into slavery. First he was sold to an owner in Baghdad, where…
2 years, 11 months ago
51. Vikings: Slavs to Slaves
Season 3 Episode 4
Indian beads found on a Viking in Britain, how did this come to be? The story includes the origin of the word slave, a surprising trade, and a horrif…
2 years, 11 months ago
50. Rome: A Slave Society
Season 3 Episode 3
Was Rome a slave society? Did Caesar really take a million Gauls captive? And what is the real story of Spartacus? Listen as William and Anita are jo…
2 years, 11 months ago
49. The Dawn of Everything
Season 3 Episode 2
Is slavery hardwired into society? Is hierarchy inevitable? Who built the pyramids? Listen as William and Anita are joined by David Wengrow to discus…
2 years, 11 months ago
48. The History of Slavery
Season 3 Episode 1
One series ends, another dawns. With the Ottomans now behind us, we move on to the history of slavery. Listen as William and Anita discuss what will …
2 years, 11 months ago
47. Rebels Against the Raj
Season 1 Episode 21
Annie Besant. BG Horniman. Satyanada Stokes. Madeleine Slade. What do they call have in common? They were all Rebels Against the Raj. Listen as Anita…
3 years ago
46. The Mau Mau, the court case, and the hidden documents
The Mau Mau emergency began in 1952. Over the next eight years, the British abused thousands of Kenyans; detaining them, torturing them, murdering th…
3 years ago
45. Successors to the Romans, progressive harems, and living Ottomans
Season 2 Episode 25
Did the Ottomans see themselves as the successors to the Roman Empire? Was the Ottoman harem more progressive than others? How tolerant was the Ottom…
3 years ago