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The Essay

on BBC Radio 3

Britain's Hidden Slave Trade
2/4. Historian John Gilmore and freelance writer Angelina Osborne visit the Cumbrian town of Whitehaven and explore its close association with rum, timber and tobacco - all with roots in the slave trade. Producer Zahid Warley

Contributors

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John Gilmore
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Angelina Osborne
Producer:
Zahid Warley

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Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

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