Britain and the Caribbean: from slavery to Black Lives Matter

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🗓️ 24 August 2025

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Histories of British involvement in the Caribbean tend to focus mainly on the period of plantation slavery but, in her new book Empire Without End, Imaobong Umoren argues that we need to take a broader view. It's only by taking the story back to the 16th century and forward until the present, she contends, that we can fully understand the intertwining themes of colonialism and racism in the region – and see how they connect to events in Britain. In this episode, Imaobong explores these ideas in conversation with Rob Attar. (Ad) Imaobong Umoren is the author of Empire Without End: A New History of Britain and the Caribbean (Fern Press, 2025). 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%2Fempire-without-end%2Fimaobong-umoren%2F%2F9781911717034%23%3A~%3Atext%3DEmpire%20Without%20End%20offers%20a%2Cthe%20longevity%20of%20systemic%20racism. The HistoryExtra podcast is produced by the team behind BBC History Magazine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:03.8	Welcome to the History Extra podcast, fascinating historical conversations from the makers of BBC History magazine.
1:13.4	Histories of British involvement in the Caribbean
1:16.2	tend to focus mainly on the period of plantation slavery.
1:20.6	But in her new book, Empire Without End,
1:24.1	Imabong Umaren argues that we need to take a broader view.
1:28.7	She suggests that it's only by taking the story right back to the 16th century
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