First Encounters

First Encounters

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S1 E1: Just why has black British history been whitewashed? This episode delves deep to unlock a forgotten history of slavery and exploitation. Starting off in third century AD, award-winning historian David Olusoga explores the long relationship between Britain and people of African origins – from African Romans who guarded Hadrian’s Wall to the black trumpeter of the Tudor courts.