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The World Turned Upside Down – The British Civil Wars 1638-1651

Parliament and the slave trade – The Interregnum years

35 min • 4 april 2025

While terms such as “slavery” and “liberty”, frequently occur in parliamentarian rhetoric, particularly when damning their enemies, ever-increasing numbers of West African people were actually being transported across the ocean to colonies in the Caribbean. According to distinguished parliamentary historian, Dr Stephen Roberts, it was during the Interregnum that the foundations of Britain’s leading role ... Read more

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