00:00 The host discusses his recent public appearance at the foreign office and the history of the India Office building.

04:37 The host discusses his recent public appearance at the foreign office and the history of the India Office building.

08:11 The host and guest discuss their favorite episode of the slavery series, highlighting the story of Francis Barber, a black servant of Dr. Johnson, and the complex issues it brings up.

11:56 The guest reflects on their experience of learning about the African Company and the surprising details they discovered, particularly regarding Toussaint de Verture and Napoleon's re-enslavement of slaves, highlighting the ongoing struggle for freedom and the betrayal of ideals.

15:42 Indentured laborers in the Caribbean were different from slaves because they had the option to work off their debt and eventually gain their freedom, although the conditions they faced were often similar to those of slaves; the Indian indentured laborers were brought to the Caribbean after the slave trade was banned.

19:49 The Caribbean islands, including Haiti, Jamaica, and Cuba, were highly profitable due to their large economies and generated significant profits for the countries that controlled them, such as Britain, Spain, and Portugal.

23:56 The indigenous Americans were systematically wiped out and their way of life destroyed by the spread of the United States across the country, through actions such as killing buffalo, spreading disease, engaging in massacres, and driving Native Americans onto reservations, all in the name of Manifest Destiny.

28:06 The Dutch Empire has recently issued an apology for its role in the enslavement and trafficking of Africans, and a study revealed that the Dutch royal family profited greatly from the slave trade.

32:04 The Dutch Empire issued a formal apology for its role in the slave trade, which was a wake-up call for the country, and there have been few national apologies for slavery, but the Dutch apology was significant because it coincided with the 160th anniversary of the country's abolition of slavery. Additionally, the Caribbean was chosen for plantations because of its climate, but the native Caribs and Arrowax resisted enslavement, leading to wars of extermination against them, resulting in the near extinction of their populations.

36:38 The native Caribs have been virtually wiped out and replaced with black Africans as a result of wars of extermination and the opening of the Middle Passage Slave Route to the Caribbean.