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Scotland's Shame: Bunce Island

When the slave trade hit West Africa, the Scots were at the shameful heart of it, running the slaving fort of Bunce Island in the Sierra Leone River as a little piece of Scotland.

Journalist Joan Baxter explores the island and finds how one young Scots abolitionist faced up to it.

25 minutes

Last on

Fri 28 Dec 200722:05
BBC Radio Scotland FM

Broadcasts

  • Mon 26 Mar 200711:30
    BBC Radio Scotland FM
  • Tue 27 Mar 200700:30
    BBC Radio Scotland FM
  • Tue 14 Aug 200722:05
    BBC Radio Scotland FM
  • Fri 28 Dec 200722:05
    BBC Radio Scotland FM