
Ep. 5: Afro-Victorians
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Stephen Fry
About this listen
This episode of Victorian Secrets recounts the lives, times and experiences of Black Victorians in Britain.
Historians have for the most part kept the details of these lives secret, either by forgetting or ignoring them. We will also examine the responses of diverse British citizens to humans they saw as ‘other’.
At the beginning of Victoria’s reign, we British thought we knew all about slavery. It had bought us great wealth and power, after which we had taken the moral high ground and abolished it. But that didn’t mean the British had abolished prejudice.
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Entertaining!
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I was surprised by how former slaves managed to print their stories, becoming heard and seen. It's also curious how they became a synonym for entertainment, since there was so many of their stories tranaformed into art forms.
The fact that afro victorians found publics and platforms to reenact their previous lives, is amazing.
Who were their editors? Their managers? Were there any former slaves who escaped english lords and went to the UK to denounce their life conditions?
Thank you so much for bringing the matter to the light. My curiosity is sparkling!
Touching and educational
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too preachy at times.
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