The Campaign to Abolish the Slave Trade
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This podcast features back to back interviews with two experts on the slave trade and the British campaign to end it: Dr Richard Huzzey, Associate Professor of History at Durham University and Dr Richard Benjamin, Head of the International Slavery Museum in Liverpool. the two Richards talk about aspect of the campaign to end the slave trade, and what lessons there are for modern campaigners.  As a side note, Richard Huzzey is a co-author of a report commissioned by Friends of the Earth about how campaigners can learn the lessons of past campaigns.   https://policy.friendsoftheearth.uk/sites/files/policy/documents/2019-02/Campaigning_for_change_lessons_from_history.pdf  
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