Spoken Word
ScotlandsFest: Fortunes from Flesh – Scotland and Slavery
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Kate Phillips explores Scotland's historical involvement in the Atlantic slave trade and the fortunes Scots accumulated through the enslavement of African people.
storytellinghistoricalspoken-wordscottish historyslaveryatlantic slave tradecolonialismeconomic historysocial justice
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slavery · human trafficking · historical atrocities
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