Black Victorians

Betwixt The Sheets: The History of Sex, Scandal & Society

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Society, Sex, Scandal, Education, History

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 4 October 2022

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Why is there an assumption that Victorian Britain was white? Who does this mean is missing from our history books? And how can we find out more about the lives of black people in the Victorian Era?

Today, Kate is joined by Dr Keshia Abrahams and Dr John Woolf, authors of ‘Black Victorians: Hidden in History’. Keshia and John introduce us to physician George Rice, abolitionist Sarah Parker Remond and more.

Produced by Charlotte Long and Sophie Gee. Mixed by Sophie Gee.

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0:20.4	Hello, my lovely betwixsters.
0:22.0	It's me, Kate Lister, jumping in as usual with your fair dues warning.
0:26.8	Fair dues, this is an episode that is going to contain
0:29.7	adult themes, there'll be topics around enslaved people, race,
0:33.6	colonialism, and there's always a lot of swearing.
0:36.6	And if that's just something that you don't want to listen to today,
0:39.2	don't even worry about it, I'll catch you next time.
0:48.1	Victorian Britain
0:56.1	Victorian Britain, a time of industrial growth and imperial expansion.
1:02.1	The time of Charles Dickens, Florence Nightingale, Lewis, Carol, and Charles Darwin.
1:08.6	But I wonder if you've heard of Sarah Forbes-Banetta,
1:12.1	the African often who became the protégé of Queen Victoria,
1:16.3	or George Rice, the medic who saved hundreds of children
1:19.9	through his pioneering work in vaccines,
1:22.4	or perhaps Ida B. Wells, the badass international journalist,
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