Britain and the Slave Trade
Dan Snow's History Hit
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This month is the anniversity of trafalgar. The royal navy was also guarding britain's merchant ships that were carrying enslaved africans to plantations in the new world. Just a couple of years after trafalgar, the slave trade was abolished and those same naval ships found themselves in the position of having to suppress that trade. moia lothian mc lean has got a new podcast series out on the slave trade and slavery itself. And i want to catch up with her and see what she learnt. It was a great pleasure tother she's a new talent on the scene. She's a new, bright star in the firmament.
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