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Black Victorians: radicals, muses, inmates & aristocrats

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4.34.7K Ratings

🗓️ 9 December 2022

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

From political agitators and artist’s muses to composers, sailors, asylum inmates and the goddaughter of the queen herself, black people led a variety of fascinating lives in Victorian Britain. Dr John Woolf shares some of their stories – both ordinary and extraordinary – with Ellie Cawthorne. (Ad) John Woolf and Keshia N Abraham are the co-authors of Black Victorians: Hidden in History (Duckworth Books, 2022). Buy it now from Waterstones: https://go.skimresources.com?id=71026X1535947&xcust=historyextra-social-histboty&xs=1&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.waterstones.com%2Fbook%2F9780715654453 Subscribe to BBC History Magazine or BBC History Revealed this season and receive a book of your choice worth up to £30* at https://www.buysubscriptions.com/subscribe2022 Listeners from outside the UK can also subscribe *Book promotion only available for UK residents Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Welcome to Just Between Us, the podcast with all of the answers, some of the time.

0:05.0

A bit of a different thing going on this week.

0:07.3

You've been immature and you've lied.

0:10.3

And now you're trying to turn it on me and manipulate me and gaslight me.

0:13.9

I was trying to manipulate you.

0:15.7

Diana, you would be chucking their clothes out of the window.

0:18.1

I know, I'd be like, are you joking?

0:20.6

I don't know. I guess you'd have to ask.

0:23.5

Someone that has sex.

0:24.2

Someone that has sex.

0:26.2

And remember, it's just between us.

0:32.3

Welcome to the History Extra podcast.

0:35.7

Fascinating historical conversations from BBC History Magazine and BBC History Revealed.

0:50.3

From political agitators to composers, artist muses and the goddaughter of the queen herself.

0:58.4

Black people led a variety of fascinating lives in Victorian Britain.

1:03.5

In Black Victorians hidden in history, doctors John Wolfe and Keisha and Abraham chart some of these lives, both ordinary and extraordinary.

1:14.2

And John joined me to share some of the stories that they uncovered.

1:18.3

So thanks so much for coming back on the podcast, John.

1:21.4

We thought it'd be good to have you back on because you've just co-authored a new book with Dr. Keisha Abraham, who sadly can't join us today.

1:30.1

But that new book is Black Victorians Hidden in History.

1:34.5

So let's start with some basic context.

1:37.4

What were some of the ways that people of African descent shaped Britain in the Victorian era?

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