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The Atlantic Slave Trade: Empire Built on Human Suffering – Episode 100
In our 100th episode, we mark the milestone not with a recap but with a focused look at a single devastating year: 1781. That year saw the Zong massacre, but also a less-known tragedy — the voyage of the slave ship Vigilant, which lost over half its captives to disease and starvation before reaching Jamaica. We trace the ship's route from the Gold Coast, examine the brutal calculus of 'tight packing,' and explore the legal and moral aftermath through the eyes of abolitionist Thomas Clarkson, who used the Vigilant's records to expose the trade's horrors. Along the way…
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