Synopsis

Was Wales involved in the slave trade? Two hundred years after the trade was abolished, Sean Fletcher travels to Jamaica to look for clues.

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1: A People Stolen | Enslaved with Samuel L Jackson

BBC Two | 2020 | 58'04''

Samuel L Jackson and a team of journalists and divers explore 400 years of slavery. What happened to the 12 million ensla...

3: Resistance, Rebllion and Abolition | History File

BBC Two | 1997 | 19'10''

An overview of the methods used by the abolitionists, such as the famous poster of the slave ship 'Brookes'. The case of...

2: Everyday Life on a Plantation Island | History File

BBC Two | 1997 | 19'01''

The schools history series reconstructs the day-to-day experience of slavery for Betty Newton, a field hand on a Carib...

2: A Precious Cargo | Enslaved with Samuel L Jackson

BBC Two | 2020 | 56'47''

Samuel L Jackson examines how, for over 400 years, the transatlantic slave trade became the greatest wealth-generating m...

1: The Atlantic Slave Trade | History File

BBC Two | 1997 | 19'07''

The development of the triangular trade is described from its ancient origins, through the European involvement in the 16th and 17...

The beginnings of the British slave trade | Britain's Forgotten Slave Owners

BBC Two | 2015 | 3'23''

David Olusoga investigates the beginnings of the British slave trade in Barbados.

Charles Wootton | Black and British: A Forgotten History

BBC Two | 2016 | 4'19''

David Olusoga discusses racial violence in Liverpool.

Slave plantation system | Britain's Forgotten Slave Owners

BBC Two | 2015 | 4'09''

David Olusoga discusses the slave plantation system in the Caribbean.

Where did the slavery compensation money end up? | Britain's Forgotten Slave Owners

BBC Two | 2015 | 4'14''

David Olusoga explains how the profits of slavery shaped the world we know today.

2: Freedom | Black and British: A Forgotten History

BBC Two | 2016 | 59'00''

In the second part of his four-part series, historian David Olusoga explores the business of slavery and remembers the bl...

Episode 1 | Slavery: Scotland's Hidden Shame

BBC Two Scotland | 2018 | 58'55''

David Hayman presents the first of a two-part documentary exploring Scotland's role in the transatlantic slave trade.

Implements of torture | Britain's Forgotten Slave Owners

BBC Two | 2015 | 2'47''

David Olusoga views the implements of torture that slave owners used to enforce the slave plantation system.

Slave Owner Compensation Commission | Britain's Forgotten Slave Owners

BBC Two | 2015 | 4'40''

David Olusoga introduces the slave owner compensation records.

3: Empires of Gold | Africa's Great Civilisations

BBC Four | 2018 | 52'37''

Henry Louis Gates travels to the shores of the Sahara Desert to see the transformation of north and west Africa.

3: Resistance | Enslaved with Samuel L Jackson

BBC Two | 2020 | 57'35''

Samuel L Jackson and the team travel through the US to tell the stories of those who resisted slavery, often making the danger...

First English traders in West Africa | Black and British: A Forgotten History

BBC Two | 2016 | 5'41''

David Olusoga investigates the first English traders in West Africa.

Morant Bay Rebellion | Black and British: A Forgotten History

BBC Two | 2016 | 4'38''

David Olusoga discusses the legacy of the slave trade in Jamaica in the decades after abolition.

Bunce Island | Black and British: A Forgotten History

BBC Two | 2016 | 4'59''

David Olusoga visits Bunce Island, where the first slave fortress was built in the 17th century.

John Blanke | Black and British: A Forgotten History

BBC Two | 2016 | 5'12''

David Olusoga discusses Catherine of Aragon's black servants.

Slave owner compensation arguments | Britain's Forgotten Slave Owners

BBC Two | 2015 | 3'02''

David Olusoga discusses the arguments used by slave owners when fighting for compensation.

Wales and Slavery – The Untold Story

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