Timewatch
Season 16 Episode 12 - The African Trade
Transatlantic slavery was responsible for the largest long-distance forced migration in history. Europeans did not venture into the interior of Africa until after abolition, so how did approximately 12 million Africans fall into their clutches? Timewatch delves into history and finds that, contrary to popular belief, most of the business was conducted by black slave merchants trading on the coast with Europeans. And slavery was a fact of life long before the transatlantic trade began. For centuries, Africa supplied eunuchs and wives to the Arab world, sacrificial victims to tyrants, and domestic labour.
Episodes in Season 16
Love Story
50 min
Before Columbus
50 min
Secret Memories
50 min
The Boer War: The First Media War
50 min
Birth Story
50 min
Forgotten Allies
50 min
Back to the Iron Age
50 min
The True Story of the Bridge on the River Kwai
50 min
Lords of the Maya
50 min
Alison: A Personal History
50 min
The Gentlemen Spies
50 min
The African Trade
50 min
Lenin's Secret Files
50 min
Remember the Ugandan Asians
50 min
In Search of Cleopatra
50 min
