Hello Greg here, just popping in to say that this is a radio edit of the episode, which

means it's a bit shorter and some of the naughty stuff has been removed, so it's a bit more

appropriate for family listening.

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Hello and welcome to your Dead To Me, a history podcast for everyone.

My name is Greg Jenner, I'm a public historian, author and broadcaster, I'm the chief nerd

on the BBC comedy show Horrible Histories, and I do another podcast called Home School

History, but that one's mostly for kids.

This podcast is a bit different.

Here we bring together historical hot shots and clever comedians, so we can chat and you

can learn some stuff.

And today we are jumping back over 200 years and jetting off to the Caribbean to learn

all about the Haitian revolution and how Haiti was the first modern nation to abolish

slavery.

And to help me do that, I'm joined by two very special guests.

In History Corner, she's professor of African diaspora studies at the University of Virginia

and Associate Director of the Carter G. Woodson Institute for African American and African

Studies.

She's a specialist in colonial literature, specifically about the Caribbean.

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