Hello History Hit listeners, as you are listening to this right now at this exact second I am

currently on an epic cross-country road trip of England. 600 miles and 1 million years of history

from the first humans through to Stonehenge, Dovercastle, Hastings up to Ironbridge in the

Black Country and to the northeast where I'm visiting a Cold War bunker in York.

I want to hear from you. I want to do more stops. Tell me when I should stop. Any local tips or

hints that you want to share or you want to see me report on on my social media channels and Twitter

and Instagram etc. just send me a message ds.hh at historyhit.com. That's delta Sierra.

. hotel hotel at historyhit.com or tweet me at the History Guy. You can keep up with the road trip

this week on Instagram and Twitter at the History Guy on both and then you can hear the whole thing as a

podcast series next week. Thanks and enjoy this episode.

In the years and the centuries leading up to the arrival of the Europeans on the scene and the

beginning of the gigantic transatlantic trade in enslaved African peoples. It's a piece of

history that we rarely cover on the podcast. It was an absolute treat to catch up with him and

listen and learn from him. My own ignorance in the area was profound. This interview was filmed

as so many of our interviews are. It will be going out on History Hit TV. It's the new Netflix

for history. It's our new History Channel. Please go and check that out. If you're listening to

this podcast you can use the code pod6pod6. You get six weeks absolutely free of charge.

What's going on at History Hit at the moment? We're planning the next few months and we're going

to be busy. Looking for delivery all that new content? Lots of change going on. It's going to be fun.

In the meantime everyone, here is Toby Green. Enjoy.

Toby, thanks very much. Can I have a show?

Fan stands great to be here. You've done a very unusual and strange thing which is you've just

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