The Atlantic Slave Trade: Empire Built on Human Suffering — Fexingo History

The Atlantic slave trade was not a single enterprise but a centuries-long, globe-spanning system that transformed economies, cultures, and human lives across Africa, the Americas, and Europe. This show examines the trade from its 15th-century origins under Portuguese and Spanish colonization through its peak in the 18th century and its eventual abolition in the 19th century. Lucas and Luna guide listeners through the brutal Middle Passage, the rise of plantation economies in Brazil, the Caribbean, and the southern United States, and the resistance and resilience of enslaved Africans. We explore key figures such as Olaudah Equiano, whose autobiography exposed the trade's horrors; Zumbi dos Palmares, leader of a Brazilian maroon community; and British abolitionists like William Wilberforce. We also confront the trade's enduring legacies: the racism that justified it, the wealth it created for European empires, and the ongoing debates over reparations and memory. This is a history of suffering, but also of survival, rebellion, and the long struggle for freedom. How do we remember an empire built on human suffering—and what does that mean for today? #AtlanticSlaveTrade #MiddlePassage #Slavery #Abolition #OlaudahEquiano #ZumbiDosPalmares #WilliamWilberforce #BrazilianHistory #CaribbeanHistory #AfricanHistory #Colonialism #PlantationEconomy #Reparations #Resistance #FexingoHistory #WorldHistory #History #Podcast Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo

The Atlantic Slave Trade: Empire Built on Human Suffering — Fexingo History is a education podcast hosted by Unknown Host, with 204 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

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  Episode #210

  The Clotilda and Africatown: America's Last Slave Ship

  Aug 21, 202610 minS5

  In 1860, decades after the international slave trade was outlawed, a wealthy Alabama shipowner financed a secret voyage to the Kingdom of Dahomey. The schooner Clotilda smuggled 110 captives into Mobile Bay, and when the Civil War ended, those survivors founded a community called Africatown. This episode tells the story of the Clotilda's voyage, the men who financed it, the survivors who built a new home, and the 2018 discovery of the shipwreck. We also discuss the legacy of Timothy Meaher, the legal loopholes that made the voyage possible, and the efforts to preserve Africatown today. Through the voices of Cudjo Lewis and other survivors, we explore how a community forged in the horrors of slavery became a symbol of resilience and memory. #Clotilda #Africatown #SlaveShip #MiddlePassage #TimothyMeaher #CudjoLewis #Dahomey #MobileBay #HistoricalDiscovery #Shipwreck #AmericanSlavery #AfricanDiaspora #AlabamaHistory #CivilWarEra #Resilience #History #FexingoHistory #Podcast Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo

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  Episode #209

  The Slave Trade's Last Stand: Brazil's Illegal Slave Smuggling

  Aug 20, 20267 minS5

  In this episode of Fexingo History, Lucas and Luna explore the final chapter of the transatlantic slave trade — the clandestine smuggling of enslaved Africans into Brazil after the trade was officially abolished. They trace the shift from open commerce to covert operations, the role of corrupt officials, the 'tumble' ships designed for speed, and the impact of the British Navy's West Africa Squadron. The episode focuses on the 1830s–1850s, highlighting figures like the Scottish-born smuggler Thomas Harrison and the Brazilian politician Eusébio de Queirós, whose 1850 law finally turned the tide. Along the way, they consider the economics of the illegal trade, the brutal conditions aboard, and the moral doublethink that allowed a nation to outlaw slavery's importation while embracing it. The episode ends with a reflection on how the trade's final gasp still shaped Brazil's demographics and legacy. #history #fexingohistory #slavetrade #brazil #illegal-slaving #eusebio-de-queiros #thomas-harrison #west-africa-squadron #19th-century #atlantic-world #abolition #smuggling #middle-passage #rio-de-janeiro #bight-of-benin #empire-of-brazil #slave-ships #african-diaspora Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo

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  Episode #208

  The 1710 Haitian Coffee Boom: A Brief Atlantic History

  Aug 19, 20267 minS5

  In 1710, a single French ship captain brought a coffee plant from Java to the French colony of Saint-Domingue. That one cutting, planted in the mountains above Cap-Français, would transform a sugar colony into the world's coffee capital and set the stage for the Haitian Revolution. This episode follows that seedling from the Dutch East Indies to the Caribbean, through the hands of a ship captain named Gabriel de Clieu — though the timing is contested — and into the soil of a mountain estate owned by a man named Nicolas Ovando. We trace how coffee spread across the Atlantic, why Saint-Domingue's climate and enslaved labor force made it a coffee paradise, and how the crop's rise fueled the colony's brutal expansion. We also remember the enslaved people who did the planting, the harvesting, and the processing — their names are largely lost, but we know what they endured. And we touch on a 1723 French royal edict that tried to control coffee's spread, and the quiet resistance of enslaved people who used coffee's market value to buy their own freedom. This is the story of how a bean, carried across an ocean, became the engine of an empire of pain. #HaitianCoffee #SaintDomingue #CoffeeHistory #GabrielDeClieu #NicolasOvando #CapFrançais #AtlanticHistory #ColonialHaiti #HaitianRevolution #CoffeePlantation #EnslavedLabor #CoffeeTrade #18thCentury #FrenchColonialism #CoffeeBoom #History #FexingoHistory #WorldHistory Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo

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  Episode #207

  The Zong Massacre and the Birth of Abolition

  Aug 18, 20269 minS5

  In 1781, the slave ship Zong threw 132 enslaved Africans overboard so the owners could claim insurance. The ensuing court case, Gregson v Gilbert, became a shocking public scandal that fueled the British abolitionist movement. In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the murderous logic of maritime insurance, the trial that treated enslaved people as cargo, and how Granville Sharp, Olaudah Equiano, and the black community in London transformed public outrage into organized resistance. They also examine the limits of legal reform—the Zong case never actually convicted anyone—and the broader campaign that led to the 1807 Abolition Act. A chilling look at how one shipwreck of morality helped sink the slave trade. #ZongMassacre #SlaveTrade #Abolition #BritishEmpire #MaritimeHistory #Insurance #GregsonvGilbert #GranvilleSharp #OlaudahEquiano #MiddlePassage #1781 #18thCentury #LegalHistory #AtlanticHistory #Slavery #HumanRights #History #FexingoHistory Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo

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  Episode #206

  The Fight to Stop the Slave Trade: The West Africa Squadron

  Aug 17, 20268 minS5

  In this episode of Fexingo History, Lucas and Luna explore the West Africa Squadron, the Royal Navy force that sought to suppress the Atlantic slave trade after Britain's 1807 abolition. They trace its origins in the African Institution, the early frustrations of patrolling a 3,000-mile coast, and the legal loopholes that allowed slavers to escape. The conversation moves through key figures like George Ralph Collier, the first commodore, and the tense confrontations with Spanish and Portuguese traders who still operated legally. They discuss the court system in Freetown, Sierra Leone, where condemned slaves were liberated, and the mixed outcomes for those freed. The episode also touches on the squadron's later crackdown in the 1830s and 1840s, the infamous 'fast-sailing' clippers built to outrun it, and the political pressure from Brazil and the United States. Lucas and Luna consider the moral complexity of enforcing abolition through naval power, the squadron's role in pushing the trade to the Indian Ocean, and its eventual legacy. They reflect on what it meant for the British Empire to fight slavery while profiting from other forms of colonial exploitation. This is a nuanced look at a decisive yet imperfect chapter in the long history of abolition. #WestAfricaSquadron #RoyalNavy #SlaveTrade #Abolition #SierraLeone #Freetown #GeorgeRalphCollier #NavalHistory #AtlanticHistory #19thCentury #BritishEmpire #Slavery #MaritimeHistory #AfricanHistory #History #FexingoHistory #WorldHistory #Imperialism Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo

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