Across 1851, over 6,000,000 people went to London to see the Great Exhibition. Designed to showcase the very best of what Britain and the empire could offer the world, the event was an incontrovertible success which cemented Britain’s status as the nation at the centre of the world economy. But, with the events of 1857 in India and the extreme levels of violence that came with it, followed by the death of Albert in 1861, Victoria’s rule was not plain-sailing even at this point. Listen as William and Anita discuss Victoria and her interactions with the empire on which the sun never sets.
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74. Peter the Great: The First Emperor
73. Ivan the Terrible and the Founding of Russia
72. The Russian Empire and the Great Game
71. Nazis, reparations, and laws 'just for the English to see'
70. The Haitian Revolution, Dutch royals, and what happened to the Caribs?
69. A Reckoning with Slavery
68. The Long Death of Slavery
67. Slavery's Demise
66. Wilberforce and the Fight for Freedom
65. When the Enslaved Took on Napoleon
64. The Black Spartacus
63. Creating Sierra Leone: The Land of the Free
62. When Slaves Fought for the British Empire
61. The Black Abolitionist
60. Britain's Most Famous Slave
59. Francis Barber: Abolition, the Navy, and the Enlightenment
58. Dr Johnson's Black Heir
57. Tacky's Revolt: An Atlantic Slave War
56. Tacky's Revolt: Causes of the Rebellion
55. The Fall of the Royal African Company
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