54. Royal African Company: Slavery Inc

Empire: World History

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🗓️ 6 June 2023

⏱️ 38 minutes

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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 trade, it was responsible for shipping more enslaved people across the Atlantic than any other organisation. Join William and Anita as they discuss the beginnings of the transatlantic slave trade and the company at the centre of it. Sign up to The Knowledge here: www.theknowledge.com/empire/ LRB Empire offer: lrb.me/empire This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/empirepod. Twitter: @Empirepoduk Goalhangerpodcasts.com Producer: Callum Hill Exec Producer: Jack Davenport + Neil Fearn Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:14.4	W.
0:15.1	W. Empire pod UK.com. Hello and welcome to Empire with me Anita Arnand
0:34.5	and me William Terrible.
0:36.7	William I'm gonna I'm gonna start with a quote this week.
0:39.9	You'll know what it pertains to but I'm just gonna leave to leave it just hanging in the air for just a nanosecond
0:45.6	Are you hinting that I might possibly spoil?
0:48.0	Well, I guess I'm basically begging you, begging you not to give away the endings.
0:53.6	Just to shut it.
0:55.6	I mean the nicest possible elevated literary differential way that I can muster.
1:02.3	Shut it.
1:05.0	Shut it.
1:06.0	Okay.
1:07.0	Right, I'm going to read this.
1:08.0	It's quite serious.
1:09.0	Right, okay, but it is quite serious and let me read it first and then and then we'll get people just for a second let your mind wander and think what this could be about.
1:26.6	It was the first principle and foundation of all the rest,
1:30.9	the main spring, the machine which set every wheel in motion.
1:37.6	Now you've had your nanosecond, but this pertains to slavery.
1:41.6	And its role in the British economy.
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