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Before Windrush: Britain’s long relationship with the Caribbean
Before Windrush: Britain’s long relationship with the Caribbean
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Length:
35 minutes
Released:
Jun 21, 2023
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Podcast episode
Description
Seventy-five years ago, on 22 June 1948, HMT Empire Windrush landed at Tilbury docks. The arrival of the ship is rightly remembered as a landmark moment in the story of Caribbean people in Britain. But, as historian Christienna Fryar joins Ellie Cawthorne to discuss, the Windrush didn’t appear out of nowhere; it was preceded by a long and complicated relationship between Britain and the Caribbean which is less well remembered today.
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Released:
Jun 21, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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