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♪ Terrible Tudors
Gorgeous Georgians

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♪ Slimy Stuarts, vile Victorians
Woeful wars, ferocious fights

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♪ Dingy castles, daring knights

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♪ Horrors that defy description
Cut-throat Celts, awful Egyptians

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♪ Vicious Vikings, cruel crimes
Punishment from ancient times

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♪ Romans, rotten, rank and ruthless
Cavemen, savage, fearsome, toothless

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♪ Groovy Greeks, brainy sages
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♪ Gory, ghastly, mean and cruel

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♪ Stuff they don't teach you
at school

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♪ The past is no longer a mystery

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♪ Welcome to Horrible Histories. ♪

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Horrible Histories presents...

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In 1948, the British government
invited

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hundreds of us black men
and women from the Caribbean

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to come and work in the UK.

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We famously sailed over in a ship
called the Empire Windrush.

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Although some people might think
we were the first black people

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to come here, there have actually
been people of African descent

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living in this country
for thousands of years.

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In fact, back in ancient Rome,

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soldiers were sent all the way from
warm north Africa

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to protect the very chilly
north of England.

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Are you a Roman subject from
one of the north African provinces?

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Are you tired of the c-c-constant
Mediterranean sunshine?

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Then join me in the Aurelian Moors
here at Hadrian's Wall.

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I can't feel my hands.

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You'll be part of
this glorious unit,

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and all you have to do
is guard this wall

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against the C-C-Caledonians
on the other side.

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CLANK

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Can you not do that?!

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MAN IN DISTANCE: Oh, sorry, pal!

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Just let us know when you're ready
to be skewered, OK?

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Thank you.

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Actually, do you have a j-j-jumper
I can borrow?

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I'm not really used to the cold.

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CLANK

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Ta!

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You'll have the time of your life
here in northern England,

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learning about new things like...

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..rain.

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Y-You may think you've seen rain,

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but you haven't. Not like this.

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Join us - the Aurelian Moors.

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THUNDER CRACKS

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MAN IN DISTANCE: Oh, do you want
another jumper now?

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Over the centuries, many black
people have helped make

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modern Britain the country
we live in today.

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In Saxon times, there was a
north African monk called Hadrian,

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who helped to grow
Christianity in England.

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Hadrian came over
when his mate Theodore

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was made Archbishop of Canterbury.

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But Hadrian could've had the job
himself.

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Check it out, Hadrian -
Canterbury Cathedral.

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It's got the big windows
and the carvings

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and the big chair
with the...cushions.

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This is an impressive room,
Theodore.

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And it's all mine, baby,
thanks to the Pope.

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Oh, this was so worth the wait.

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Yeah, although did we really have to
wait four months in Italy

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for your hair to grow before coming?

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Worth every day. This bangs. Well...

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What does it do?
It bangs, Your Excellency.

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It bangs, he knows.

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Oh, Archbishop of Canterbury -
top job in the English Church.

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All this, and the Pope Italian
chose me. Number one on his list.

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Well... Don't do it.
It's just, you weren't really first.

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He did ask me to do the job,
but I said,

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"No, Your Holiness, I'm happy
about being an abbot in Naples."

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"The man you want is Theodore."
Well, yeah, thank you.

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But anyway, I'm still top two.
Well, I really should mention...

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No, you shouldn't mention.
There's no need to mention.

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There was that monk called Andrew
that I recommended first,

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and he said no because
he was too old.

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I wasn't even the first person
you recommended?

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But I... Well, I-I was one of
the first three people that...

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Well... Oh!

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The Pope did ask me a second time
before asking you.

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OK, so he asked three people
before me. I'm OK with it.

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That we know about. I'm top five?

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I think top ten might be safer. Oh!

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Did you turn it down, too?

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I'd rather not say.

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Carvings are very nice.

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CHURCH BELL RINGS

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By Tudor times, many black people
had come to England,

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like me, Catalina of Motril,

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servant to Her Majesty, the Queen
of England, Catherine of Aragon.

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My mistress expects nothing
but the best linens and silks,

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and the best service.

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So being one of her personal maids
is an extremely important job.

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But what did we have to do?
Did we...

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The answer is A.
FARTING AND SPLASHING

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CATHERINE OF ARAGON: Catalina,
I'm ready!

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And B.
FARTING CONTINUES

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I'd really rather not talk
about the dog.

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LOUD FART

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I don't even know if that was
the dog or her.

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Some black Tudors had great jobs,
though,

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like expert diver Jacques Francis,

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who was so highly skilled he was
employed to help King Henry himself.

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CATHERINE OF ARAGON: And I've lost
my rubber ducky! Come and find it.

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I am one of the top
west African divers.

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I can nip down to the harbour floor
and be back in a moment.

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What are you looking for?
Oh, you know, a few coins,

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some trinkets and 76 cannons.

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I'm sorry, did you say cannons?

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The smaller stuff is great,
but our employer...

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Whoa! ..Henry VIII, is going to
want those cannons sooner or later.

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See, I'm mostly trained to dive
for little things like pearls.

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Well, you're lucky I'm not asking
you to raise the whole ship, no?

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Whoa. The King's flagship,
the Mary Rose,

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she sank here off the coast
of Portsmouth.

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They already tried and failed
to raise the ship.

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Now the King just wants
all his cool stuff back.

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How am I supposed to lift a cannon?

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Er, you're the expert.

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Whoa!

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Whoo! That wasn't easy.
Only 75 more to go.

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Oh! And while you're down there, see
if there's any other valuable stuff.

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I can sell it, and the King
need never know.

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Ah, Corsi, there you are!
Oh, hello, Your Majesty.

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Ha! Yo, what's up? Pretty
psyched about the whole boat thing.

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Your Majesty...
Whoa! A talking fish.

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What? I'm not a fish.

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Yeah, you must be.
I just saw you swimming.

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People don't swim.
If God had meant us to swim,

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he'd have given us flippers,
or oars, or sails, or fins.

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I know it's unusual here in England.

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But where I'm from, west Africa,
swimming is quite common.

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I can swim right to the bottom
of the sea.

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Oh, ho, ho, ho! Whoa! Man who swims!

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Yes, Your Majesty. Anyway,
I should really get back to work,

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because he wanted me to find
some stuff he could sell

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without you knowing.

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Actually, that reminds me.

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Some people were looking for you.

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Something about someone
selling someone else's things

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from a shipwreck or something.

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I wasn't really listening,
to be honest.

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Swim for it!

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Rod! Thank you, Rodney.

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Argh, argh!

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Francis. Your Majesty.

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Do I have the bod for swimming?

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Huh? Yeah, I thought so.

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By Tudor times, we were living
and working in England

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at many levels of society.

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But I'm afraid it was also the start
of one of the most shameful periods

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in British history.

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The English began to get involved
with the slave trade,

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and even Elizabeth I was encouraged
to take part by a sea captain

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called John Hawkins.

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Will you be pitching a new venture
to the Queen today, Captain John?

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Why, yes, Tudor servant person.

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I have a most wonderful business
opportunity

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that Her Maj would be crazy
to pass up on.

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You want to do a run-through
with me before you go in?

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Erm...sure. Er, a little practice
can't hurt, can it?

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So, my merchant ships will travel
between these three points

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in a sort of triangle formation,
making a profit at each stop.

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It's a win, win, win...lose.

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Erm, sorry. Did you just say "lose"?

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Yes. Anyway, we'll start off taking
fun stuff like pearls,

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ginger and sugar
from the new world here.

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Oh, that's wonderful.
Her Majesty just loves sugar.

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I know. And then we'll bring them
here to Britain.

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And then we take metal, gunpowder
and guns from here in Britain

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and sell them in Africa here.

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And on the final leg from Africa
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we make a huge profit selling...
HE CLEARS HIS THROAT

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S... Er, I was with you,
but I'm a bit lost now.

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What exactly are you picking up in
Africa? Oh, was...was...

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Wasn't I clear? Oh, I'm sorry.
In Africa we will be collecting...

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HE CLEARS HIS THROAT
..and selling them in the New World.

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You just did it again.
What are you getting in Africa?

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Erm...people.

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What?! So you want to capture
people, pack them in ships,

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take them across the Atlantic
in horrible conditions,

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then sell the ones that survive?
And their children.

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And their children?! To work without
pay in the New World

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for the rest of their lives?
Erm...yeah.

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I mean, when you put it like that,
it sounds quite horrible.

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Ugh, you're a tankard-half-full
kind of guy, aren't you?

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Her Majesty will not go for this.

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She's well-known for being against
the idea of forced enslavement.

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What you are suggesting is both
evil and reprehensible.

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Thank heavens our ruler is one
of sound moral compass.

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She stands to make £10,000
from each trip we make.

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She's going to go for it, isn't she?

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Hm, methinks yes.
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FROM BEHIND DOOR: Oh, John!
Nice to see you.

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Your Majesty!

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The misery people will inflict
for money.

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And that misery continued
for hundreds of years,

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with millions of people being taken
from their homes in Africa.

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But some people thought it was
terrible to treat human beings

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like property.
And by the late 18th century,

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there was a growing campaign
against slavery.

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A number of MPs
led by William Wilberforce

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worked to stop
this dreadful practice.

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And outside Parliament,
campaigners included a group

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of brilliant black political writers
known as the Sons of Africa.

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♪ We are not putting down our pens
We are not putting down our pens

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♪ We're the same as the white guys
We're smart, dapper and baptised

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♪ And we're not putting down
our pens

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♪ Imma send a letter
to the Prince of Wales

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♪ I could shout or punch
but I prefer to use Royal Mail

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♪ The trouble is
I write a lot of words to no avail

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♪ Gain supporters, get press
And every night a boat sails

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♪ I'm a black guy in Britain
A free man, once a slave

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♪ Hope my actions form a pave
My book, man, it's a fave

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♪ Got power in my pen
and my speech won't falter

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♪ We Sons of Africa get bolder

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♪ I shouldered that I was kidnapped
Sold to bondage

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♪ The empire's hostage
I built upon my knowledge

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♪ Not been easy if I'm honest

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♪ The plan - make abolition cool
among the dames

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♪ A lot of letters floating round
So let me spell out my name

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♪ I'm the...

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♪ No, we're not meant to be

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♪ A group of brothers kept
from opportunities

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♪ Meanwhile, Britain keeps
stealing us endlessly

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♪ Yo, slavers, we're fighting back
Yo, slavers, we're fighting back

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♪ You're so behind with the times
Your actions will be crimes

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♪ Yo, slavers, we're fighting back

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♪ They can't go

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♪ Don't you see?

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♪ I'd have less money
if the slaves were free

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♪ Tell them, "No, we'd have to pay"

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♪ We must not let our conscience
get in the way

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♪ Nah-da-da-da-da

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♪ Hey! Da-dee-da-dee-da-dee-da-da

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♪ Writer and barber, I lead Sons of
Africa and schmooze in the parlour

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♪ We make the economic case
to abolish the slave trade

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♪ Stop the ships now
Then we all get paid

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♪ Cruelly, they make us work
for free

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♪ And we're banned
from taking part in democracy

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♪ They ain't gonna let
kids of Africa just be

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♪ So we write letters to stop ships
going out to sea

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♪ Geniuses, keep up the writing

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♪ Maintain the pressure in the law
We'll keep fighting

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♪ Are you not a man and a brother?

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♪ We'll get the votes we need

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♪ If not this time then another

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♪ We are the Sons of Africa

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♪ You can't deny our lives matter
The slave trade we will shatter

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♪ We're the Sons of Africa

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♪ We are the Sons of Africa

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♪ You can't deny our lives matter
The slave trade we will shatter

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♪ We're the... ♪

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Thanks to dedicated people like
the Sons of Africa and Wilberforce,

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in 1796, Parliament finally decided
to call for a vote

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on ending the slave trade.

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But some MPs had more important
things to do.

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Thomas, fancy seeing you here.

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A production of The Two Hunchbacks.
I wouldn't miss it.

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I love opera. Oh, me too.

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Love a bit of opera!

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But I thought you'd be
at Parliament,

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the important anti-slavery vote.
Yeah, well, you're not there either.

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Besides, I'm not going to miss
The Two Hunchbacks

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just to end slavery
in the British Empire.

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We'll have plenty of votes
without the two of us. Four.

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There's George and Simon
in the box opposite.

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Yeah, well, they're still only
missing four votes.

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This night will be famous
as the night

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that the slave trade was ended
in Britain for good.

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And for a jolly good production
of The Two Hunchbacks.

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You don't think they might lose
the vote without us?

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No! Every MP with a conscience
will be there.

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There'll be, erm, Toby.
Oh, there's Toby.

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Yeah, well, Stephen, Bartholomew.
Over there.

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Barty! Stevo!

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FROM BELOW: What up?!

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Well, Peter, Alexander, Jacob, John?

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Yeah, they're all here, too.

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Do you think we need to go and vote?

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Hm...

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Ending slavery...

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Tickets to The Two Hunchbacks...

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They'll probably win without us.

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MAN: We lost the vote 74-70.

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The slave trade is still legal
in the British Empire.

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Yeah, well, there'll be another
vote soon.

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Oh, dear. Wilberforce won't be
happy. We'll need to cheer him up.

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Tickets to the opera. Great idea!

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I am Olaudah Equiano.

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I was kidnapped and enslaved
in Africa, taken to Barbados,

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then to America, then England,
then the West Indies.

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Then finally, in 1766,
I was able to buy my own freedom

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with the money I managed to earn.

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I became a sailor,

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a traveller,

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hairdresser and an activist.

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My autobiography was a huge success.

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I became a free man in 1766,

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but the trading of slaves
continued until 1807,

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and the slaves themselves weren't
freed in the British Empire

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until 1833.

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So tell me - what happened
to the slave owners

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when the slaves were freed?
Were they...

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The answer's C! In total,
the owners were given £20 million,

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because the enslaved people were
considered the owners' property.

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And guess how much the newly freed
800,000 ex-slaves got?

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Nothing.

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I mean, I know freedom is priceless,
but come on!

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Even though the slave trade
was outlawed in Britain

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and things were starting to improve
for us,

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over in America, slavery continued.

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It's no wonder many black Americans
found it easier to make their mark

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here in Britain.

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Britain's first black boxing
superstar!

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I was born into slavery,
but I fought my way out!

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He escaped America for the UK.

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He is Bill Richmond!

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King George IV hired me
to be a doorman at his coronation.

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I don't care if you are the Queen.
This list says no.

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So this boxer...bouncer says
you are not going in

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to see your husband crowned.
Now off you go.

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00:16:15,000 --> 00:16:16,720
Next!

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I am the pugilist with
the flying fist.

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But don't ask me about my fight
against my big rival, Tom Cribb.

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Oh, actually, can I ask? What did
happen in your fight with Tom Cribb?

325
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Oh, right. I see.

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00:16:41,600 --> 00:16:43,240
Ow!

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Hi, I'm Phillis Wheatley.
Welcome to the launch of my book -

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Poems On Various Subjects,
Religious And Moral.

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I'm in London, as people
didn't seem keen

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on publishing my book in America.

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Not at all angry about that.

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00:17:01,760 --> 00:17:05,560
Poet Pete says,
"Did you really write the book?"

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00:17:05,560 --> 00:17:08,480
OK, I know some of you have
a problem with the idea

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that a black woman
could write a book,

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because a black woman's never
had her poems published before.

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00:17:13,080 --> 00:17:16,920
So let me be clear -
I wrote the poems myself.

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00:17:16,920 --> 00:17:20,720
Cribbage Daemon asks -
"Who really wrote the book?"

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00:17:20,720 --> 00:17:23,200
I just explained that. I wrote it.

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I and my work have been examined
by a panel of experts in America

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and it has been confirmed.
So can we please move on?

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00:17:30,960 --> 00:17:33,440
Abolition says -
"I bet she didn't write it."

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00:17:33,440 --> 00:17:36,000
I wrote it.
Black women can write poems.

343
00:17:36,000 --> 00:17:38,040
Deal with it!

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Monsieur Voltaire - blue tick.
The most famous French writer ever.

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I am honoured.

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00:17:44,560 --> 00:17:47,280
"As a fellow writer..." Yes.

347
00:17:47,280 --> 00:17:50,640
"..I am enormously impressed
by your work."

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00:17:50,640 --> 00:17:51,800
Thank you.

349
00:17:51,800 --> 00:17:54,560
"You are an example to us all."

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Stop it.

351
00:17:56,280 --> 00:18:00,600
"But some people were asking, is
it absolutely true that you wr..."

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I don't know why I bother.

353
00:18:03,680 --> 00:18:07,000
And another famous American who came
to Britain to make his name

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was Ira Aldridge.

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♪ I did so much way back when

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♪ Started acting in the States
But they didn't want men like me

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♪ Oh, no, except for slavery

358
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♪ So I travelled on a boat
across the Atlantic sea

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♪ Was 17 and the Brits
had no problem with me

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♪ Oh, no, their law said I was free

361
00:18:32,040 --> 00:18:35,440
♪ Acted in London, Liverpool
and Brighton

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♪ Edinburgh and London
Hull and London... ♪

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There were more theatres in London.

364
00:18:41,440 --> 00:18:45,000
♪ Oh, I did so much
Was on an acting spree

365
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♪ I toured the whole country
but I settled in Coventry

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♪ Oh, yes, they really liked me

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♪ My acting so impressed everyone

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♪ Round Coventry Theatre
aged only 21

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♪ Oh, I done so much
and not done dough

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♪ I went back on the stage
when I played Othello

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♪ Oh, yes, in the West End-o

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♪ But I did more than that
as a matter of fact

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♪ Campaigned passionately
against all slavery

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♪ Changed our society
for black people like me

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♪ And that wasn't easy. ♪

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Hello, there. I'm Ignatius Sancho,

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and despite being born on
a slave ship in 1729,

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I became the first black male writer

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to have my work published
in England.

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And as a landowner, I was the first
black Briton ever

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to be able to vote in a
British election.

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I'm awesome.

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00:19:44,880 --> 00:19:49,000
So, why did I remove my clothes
in a London club?

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Was it...

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The answer is C.

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00:20:02,640 --> 00:20:06,120
I lost them in a card game.
MAN: Come on, and the socks.

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00:20:06,120 --> 00:20:09,920
I did a lot of great stuff. I just
had a bad night playing cards, OK?

388
00:20:09,920 --> 00:20:12,560
I said socks!
I'm doing it, Your Highness.

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There were many black celebrities
in Britain

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in the 18th and 19th centuries.

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But one of the most famous
was the nurse Mary Seacole,

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who risked her life
tending to wounded soldiers

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during the Crimean War.

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♪ Me name Mary Seacole
Famous nurse to the Crimean boys

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♪ No, me not Florence Nightingale
That mix up, me annoys

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♪ Me learned my skills in Jamaica
where my mother nursed the sick

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♪ And I think it's
my destiny, child, to be a war medic

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♪ If you need it
put a massive plaster upon it

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♪ If you're bleeding
shouldn't be disaster for it

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♪ If your leg broke
going to need a cast on it

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♪ If you're constipated
take oil of castor for it

402
00:21:00,040 --> 00:21:02,280
♪ Whoa, oh, oh
Whoa, oh, oh

403
00:21:02,280 --> 00:21:04,440
♪ Whoa, oh, oh, oh

404
00:21:04,440 --> 00:21:09,520
♪ Once here in Crimea
Me became a pioneer

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♪ Me carpenters engineered
a hotel at the new frontier

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♪ Set up on the front line in 1855

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♪ Independent woman
saving soldiers' lives... ♪

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Welcome to the British Hotel.

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♪ Me boarding house became the haunt

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♪ Of the great and good

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♪ Though it wasn't glamorous

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♪ It was built of old bits of wood

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♪ Supplied the troops
with kit and clothes

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♪ Served both the rich and poor

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♪ Me nursed right on the battlefield

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♪ While Florence worked
far from the war

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♪ I'm a fierce lady
Never fazed by it

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♪ Wrote a book and earned funds
raised by it

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♪ Me hotel
Men owe their lives to it

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♪ Going down in history
That's me prize for it. ♪

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Unfortunately, when Mary came back
from the Crimea, she was penniless.

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But she was loved by the soldiers,
and they insisted on trying to help.

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Mother Seacole, we know you've had
financial problems.

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This Seacole Fund Grand Military Festival

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is us saying thank you
for everything you did

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to nurse our soldiers
during the Crimean War.

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00:22:14,200 --> 00:22:16,400
Thank you. I'm touched.

428
00:22:16,400 --> 00:22:19,560
Just one thing.
Would you mind if I organised it?

429
00:22:19,560 --> 00:22:22,600
Certainly not.
It's a benefit concert for you.

430
00:22:22,600 --> 00:22:26,560
Yes, but I see how you
organised things in the Crimea,

431
00:22:26,560 --> 00:22:29,120
and I'd rather everyone didn't die.

432
00:22:29,120 --> 00:22:33,240
Ha, nonsense. You put your feet up
and leave everything to us.

433
00:22:33,240 --> 00:22:37,480
OK. But this day you're talking
about... Ooh, not one day.

434
00:22:37,480 --> 00:22:41,120
It's a four-day festival,
and you get all the profits.

435
00:22:41,120 --> 00:22:46,080
A small event might be better.
A few thousand tickets, a band?

436
00:22:46,080 --> 00:22:48,920
Poppycock. We'll have
40,000 tickets,

437
00:22:48,920 --> 00:22:53,000
ten brass bands and nearly
a thousand performers.

438
00:22:53,000 --> 00:22:57,160
Oh, dear. It's going to be another
Crimea, isn't it?

439
00:22:57,160 --> 00:22:59,840
CROWD CHANTS: Mother Seacole,
Mother Seacole, Mother Seacole!

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00:22:59,840 --> 00:23:04,000
Gentlemen, I must apologise
for doubting you.

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00:23:04,000 --> 00:23:07,800
Oh, the generosity that you
and the people here have shown me

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00:23:07,800 --> 00:23:12,120
is too much. I won't need to worry
about money ever again.

443
00:23:12,120 --> 00:23:14,400
Yeah...a bit optimistic.

444
00:23:14,400 --> 00:23:16,960
But 40,000 people paying as much as

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five shillings a ticket,
you must have made...

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00:23:19,760 --> 00:23:23,800
228 quid. You could buy 15 horses
for that.

447
00:23:23,800 --> 00:23:27,920
15 horses?
How would I feed 15 horses?

448
00:23:27,920 --> 00:23:30,480
Oh, ooh, ooh! We could raise money
with another festival.

449
00:23:30,480 --> 00:23:33,360
But this time with added horses.

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00:23:33,360 --> 00:23:36,920
I'm certainly grateful for the £228.

451
00:23:36,920 --> 00:23:42,240
Although, I am surprised we didn't
make more if 40,000 people came.

452
00:23:42,240 --> 00:23:45,480
How much did you make on
the sandwiches? Oh, sandwiches!

453
00:23:45,480 --> 00:23:48,040
I told you we should have done
sandwiches.

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00:23:48,040 --> 00:23:51,680
And the souvenirs? Souvenirs!
All seems so obvious now.

455
00:23:51,680 --> 00:23:53,720
Badges? No. Hats? No.

456
00:23:53,720 --> 00:23:56,280
Posters? No.
Did you have a collection plate?

457
00:23:56,280 --> 00:23:59,000
Ooh...no. Look on the bright side.

458
00:23:59,000 --> 00:24:02,680
At least you had £228.
What do you mean, "had"?

459
00:24:02,680 --> 00:24:05,840
The venue just went bust
and they can't give us the money.

460
00:24:05,840 --> 00:24:07,760
I shouldn't be surprised.

461
00:24:07,760 --> 00:24:10,960
These are
the same geniuses that went to war

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00:24:10,960 --> 00:24:13,960
without enough hospitals.

463
00:24:13,960 --> 00:24:16,960
Mary certainly earned her place
in the history books.

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00:24:16,960 --> 00:24:21,120
And almost 100 years later,
when World War II broke out,

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00:24:21,120 --> 00:24:24,360
we black men and women from Britain
and all around the world

466
00:24:24,360 --> 00:24:28,320
were once again ready to do our bit,
fighting the Nazis.

467
00:24:28,320 --> 00:24:31,320
One of the first black women to join
the British Armed Forces

468
00:24:31,320 --> 00:24:34,040
was Lilian Bader.

469
00:24:34,040 --> 00:24:38,160
I can scarcely believe it's true.
I'm married.

470
00:24:38,160 --> 00:24:41,600
Believe it, Lilian.
Or should I say Mrs Ramsay-Bader?

471
00:24:41,600 --> 00:24:45,560
Oh, Ramsay! I haven't exactly had
a straightforward life.

472
00:24:45,560 --> 00:24:48,000
Orphaned at nine...
AIR RAID SIREN WAILS

473
00:24:48,000 --> 00:24:50,160
Brought up by nuns in a convent.

474
00:24:50,160 --> 00:24:54,400
Darling, I think maybe we should...
No, darling, I must tell you this.

475
00:24:54,400 --> 00:24:58,720
When the Second World War broke out,
I left my career in domestic service

476
00:24:58,720 --> 00:25:04,400
to join the Armed Forces because
I wanted to make a difference.

477
00:25:04,400 --> 00:25:06,640
They stopped me working
in the military canteen

478
00:25:06,640 --> 00:25:09,480
because my father wasn't born
in the UK.

479
00:25:09,480 --> 00:25:15,000
So I joined the
Women's Auxiliary Air Force instead.

480
00:25:15,000 --> 00:25:18,840
I was one of the first black women
to join the British Armed Forces

481
00:25:18,840 --> 00:25:21,360
But the best day of my life...
GUNFIRE, BOMBS EXPLODE

482
00:25:21,360 --> 00:25:26,240
..was the day I met you, my funny,
handsome, tank driver.

483
00:25:26,240 --> 00:25:29,000
PLANES WHIR
And now we're married.

484
00:25:29,000 --> 00:25:31,640
Look! Gosh! Exactly.

485
00:25:31,640 --> 00:25:34,360
You arranged fireworks!
Not me, Hitler!

486
00:25:34,360 --> 00:25:36,880
Let's get out of here.
Happy wedding day!

487
00:25:40,080 --> 00:25:46,440
Hi, I am Sam King MBE, and I was
mayor of Southwark in the 1980s.

488
00:25:46,440 --> 00:25:48,600
I was originally from Jamaica,

489
00:25:48,600 --> 00:25:53,320
and after serving as an RAF engineer
during the Second World War,

490
00:25:53,320 --> 00:25:56,000
I decided to move to Britain
for work.

491
00:25:56,000 --> 00:26:01,000
And so in 1948, I boarded
His Majesty transport ship

492
00:26:01,000 --> 00:26:03,400
Empire Windrush.

493
00:26:03,400 --> 00:26:06,000
The Windrush brought a lot
of passengers like me

494
00:26:06,000 --> 00:26:07,680
from the West Indies.

495
00:26:07,680 --> 00:26:10,520
We'd seen adverts asking
for workers to move to Britain.

496
00:26:13,400 --> 00:26:16,560
That was one of the first of many
similar journeys

497
00:26:16,560 --> 00:26:20,600
and helped create what people call
the Windrush generation.

498
00:26:20,600 --> 00:26:25,080
But tell me! When we discovered
a stowaway on board the ship,

499
00:26:25,080 --> 00:26:27,120
what did we do? Did we...

500
00:26:36,240 --> 00:26:38,120
The answer is B.

501
00:26:40,320 --> 00:26:43,240
We held a concert on board

502
00:26:43,240 --> 00:26:45,640
and the money raised
paid for her ticket

503
00:26:45,640 --> 00:26:49,840
so she can join us in our new home
in Britain.

504
00:26:49,840 --> 00:26:54,080
We still celebrate Caribbean music
and culture to this day

505
00:26:54,080 --> 00:26:58,040
in the famous Notting Hill Carnival
every summer.

506
00:26:58,040 --> 00:27:00,640
Ha, ha, ha, ha!
You missed me that time!

507
00:27:06,520 --> 00:27:09,280
Yes, Britain wouldn't be the place
it is today

508
00:27:09,280 --> 00:27:11,360
without the extraordinary
contribution

509
00:27:11,360 --> 00:27:14,440
of the Windrush generation.
And, as we've seen,

510
00:27:14,440 --> 00:27:17,960
black people have made history here
for thousands of years.

511
00:27:17,960 --> 00:27:21,000
In fact, archaeologists
have now worked out the appearance

512
00:27:21,000 --> 00:27:23,720
of one of the earliest known
Britons.

513
00:27:23,720 --> 00:27:26,880
He's called Cheddar Man,
after the place in Somerset

514
00:27:26,880 --> 00:27:28,600
where his remains were discovered.

515
00:27:28,600 --> 00:27:33,480
And they reckon he looked like this,
with dark hair and dark skin.

516
00:27:33,480 --> 00:27:37,120
So I guess you could say
we've been here from the start.

517
00:27:37,120 --> 00:27:39,160
Thanks for watching!

518
00:27:39,160 --> 00:27:44,160
♪ Please lend me your ears
for this news I shall impart

519
00:27:44,160 --> 00:27:48,920
♪ You may not have been told
we have been here from the start

520
00:27:48,920 --> 00:27:51,360
♪ We worked in the Stone Age

521
00:27:51,360 --> 00:27:53,840
♪ Went to war with Bonaparte

522
00:27:53,840 --> 00:27:56,600
♪ Before these isles were British

523
00:27:56,600 --> 00:27:59,360
♪ Black people played their part

524
00:27:59,360 --> 00:28:01,640
♪ Cheddar Man was Mesolithic

525
00:28:01,640 --> 00:28:03,960
♪ 10,000 years from now

526
00:28:03,960 --> 00:28:06,680
♪ When the animals were terrific

527
00:28:06,680 --> 00:28:08,760
♪ You should see his giant cow

528
00:28:08,760 --> 00:28:14,400
♪ And the Roman Emperor General
and the brave Aurelian Moors

529
00:28:14,400 --> 00:28:19,680
♪ Were just a few of several
who walked upon these shores

530
00:28:19,680 --> 00:28:24,200
♪ Listen to the tales
and these words I shall impart

531
00:28:24,200 --> 00:28:26,920
♪ Before Harold lost at Hastings

532
00:28:26,920 --> 00:28:29,400
♪ Black people played their part

533
00:28:29,400 --> 00:28:34,440
♪ Queen Catherine and Henry
had a trumpeter called John

534
00:28:34,440 --> 00:28:36,920
♪ And a maid called Catalina

535
00:28:36,920 --> 00:28:39,240
♪ But from history books
they're gone!

536
00:28:39,240 --> 00:28:44,720
♪ Of naked Georgian writers
and the stars of boxing rings

537
00:28:44,720 --> 00:28:46,800
♪ To the battlefields of Europe

538
00:28:46,800 --> 00:28:49,960
♪ And the Windrush I can sing

539
00:28:49,960 --> 00:28:54,640
♪ Please lend me your ears
for this news I shall impart

540
00:28:54,640 --> 00:28:56,800
♪ Before Harold lost at Hastings

541
00:28:56,800 --> 00:29:00,040
♪ Black people played their part

542
00:29:00,040 --> 00:29:02,320
♪ These histories are just stories

543
00:29:02,320 --> 00:29:05,360
♪ There's truths for us to see

544
00:29:05,360 --> 00:29:10,440
♪ That for 10,000 British years
some Brits have looked like me

545
00:29:10,440 --> 00:29:12,560
♪ And today the future's hopeful

546
00:29:12,560 --> 00:29:15,200
♪ Rashford and Stormzy light the way

547
00:29:15,200 --> 00:29:17,160
♪ Evaristo, Blackman

548
00:29:17,160 --> 00:29:20,360
♪ Hamilton, Kaluuya
and many more names to say

549
00:29:20,360 --> 00:29:24,680
♪ Listen to the tales
There are words to fill your heart

550
00:29:24,680 --> 00:29:30,360
♪ You may not have been told
We have been here from the start

551
00:29:30,360 --> 00:29:34,920
♪ Try to map our journey
You will need a bigger chart

552
00:29:34,920 --> 00:29:37,640
♪ Before these isles were British

553
00:29:37,640 --> 00:29:40,320
♪ Black people played their part. ♪

554
00:29:42,160 --> 00:29:44,920
I graduated first class
with an instrument repairer.

555
00:29:44,920 --> 00:29:47,520
As an instrument repairer,
not with one!

556
00:29:47,520 --> 00:29:49,600
I was one of the first black women
to...

557
00:29:51,200 --> 00:29:53,640
..I can't remember the rest!
SHE SHRIEKS WITH LAUGHTER

558
00:29:53,640 --> 00:29:56,240
♪ The past is no longer a mystery

559
00:29:56,240 --> 00:30:01,200
♪ Hope you enjoyed
Horrible Histories. ♪

560
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