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Online discussion: "Abolition", Episode 6 of the series Enslaved: The Lost History of the Transatlantic Slave Trade
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Online discussion: "Abolition", Episode 6 of the series Enslaved: The Lost History of the Transatlantic Slave Trade
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On 26 August 2021, the Outreach Programme on the transatlantic slave trade and slavery hosted an online discussion on Episode 6, "Resistance" of the series, Enslaved: The Lost History of the Transatlantic Slave Trade. Panellists discussed the circumstances that brought the abolishment of slavery. The panel included Ric Bienstock, Executive Producer of the Enslaved series; Alannah Vellacott, marine ecologist, experienced diver and member of Diving With A Purpose; Kramer Wimberly, lead dive instructor, Diving With A Purpose; Christopher Bonner, Associate Professor of History, University of Maryland, College Park; Michael Moore, Founding President and CEO of the International African American Museum in Charleston, South Carolina, and the great-great grandson of Robert Smalls.