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Legacies of British Slave Ownership Podcast - AudioProfessor Catherine Hall & Dr Nick Draper Author: UCL
UCL historians discuss the launch of a major investigation into Britains debt to slavery in a bid to create the first encyclopaedia of British slave owners. It will highlight the major companies, art collections and institutions that can trace their existence back to colonial slavery in the 19th century. The three-year project, Legacies of British Slave Ownership, is the first comprehensive attempt to trace the impact of slave ownership on the development of modern Britain. Language: en-gb Genres: History Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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UCL News Podcast - Legacies of British Slave Ownership
Episode 1
Thursday, 2 July, 2009
UCL historians discuss the launch of a major investigation into Britain’s debt to slavery in a bid to create the first ‘encyclopaedia of British slave owners’. It will highlight the major companies, art collections and institutions that can trace their existence back to colonial slavery in the 19th century. The three-year project, ‘Legacies of British Slave Ownership’, is the first comprehensive attempt to trace the impact of slave ownership on the development of modern Britain.
