1000 Years A Slave — Season 1, Episode 4: The Reckoning
30 min • 1 season, 4 episodes
Episode synopsis
In 2020, the murder of George Floyd shook the world and, within weeks, the statue of Britain's most famous slave trader was toppled by Black Lives Matter protestors in Bristol. Historian Prof David Olusoga returns to the city to see the statue of Edward Colston on display for the first time.
About 1000 Years A Slave
Slavery made the modern world. It transformed the economies of the West and the demography of the globe. It was one of the biggest movements of people in all of history. 1000 Years of Slavery transforms our understanding of slavery and the slave trade. It will uncover forgotten stories, breath-taking locations, living communities, cutting-edge archaeology. It will reveal connections that link the history of slavery to modern communities across the world and using drama-recon, it will bring to life key events in this thousand-year history.