{"id":265,"date":"2025-09-29T10:38:43","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T10:38:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tss.stir.ac.uk\/?page_id=265"},"modified":"2025-09-29T16:29:30","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T16:29:30","slug":"historians-in-conversation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tss.stir.ac.uk\/?page_id=265","title":{"rendered":"Legacies of Slavery and Controversies videos"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Transatlantic slavery has shaped the world we live in today.  We sometimes hear discussions about reparations for slavery, but what are these and what form might they take?  Dr Jelmer Vos and Dr Christine Whyte discuss this in the video below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-video-id=\"\"\n    class='wp-block-html5-player-video html5_video_players' class=\"wp-block-html5-player-youtube\"    data-attributes=\"{&quot;imported&quot;:true,&quot;uniqueId&quot;:&quot;h5vp4acd6b0e&quot;,&quot;source&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/watch?v=xpVt4VtAbbs&quot;,&quot;options&quot;:{&quot;controls&quot;:[&quot;play-large&quot;,&quot;rewind&quot;,&quot;play&quot;,&quot;fast-forward&quot;,&quot;progress&quot;,&quot;current-time&quot;,&quot;mute&quot;,&quot;volume&quot;,&quot;settings&quot;,&quot;fullscreen&quot;],&quot;settings&quot;:[&quot;captions&quot;,&quot;quality&quot;,&quot;speed&quot;,&quot;loop&quot;],&quot;loadSprite&quot;:true,&quot;autoplay&quot;:false,&quot;seekTime&quot;:10,&quot;volume&quot;:1,&quot;muted&quot;:false,&quot;hideControls&quot;:true,&quot;resetOnEnd&quot;:false,&quot;captions&quot;:{&quot;active&quot;:false,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;auto&quot;,&quot;update&quot;:true},&quot;ratio&quot;:null,&quot;storage&quot;:{&quot;enabled&quot;:true,&quot;key&quot;:&quot;plyr&quot;},&quot;speed&quot;:{&quot;options&quot;:[&quot;1&quot;,&quot;2&quot;,&quot;3&quot;,&quot;0.5&quot;,&quot;0.75&quot;,&quot;1.25&quot;,&quot;1.5&quot;,&quot;1.75&quot;,&quot;2.5&quot;]},&quot;loop&quot;:{&quot;active&quot;:false},&quot;ads&quot;:{&quot;enabled&quot;:true},&quot;urls&quot;:{&quot;enabled&quot;:false},&quot;markers&quot;:{&quot;enabled&quot;:true,&quot;points&quot;:[]},&quot;preload&quot;:&quot;metadata&quot;,&quot;imported&quot;:true},&quot;features&quot;:{&quot;popup&quot;:{&quot;enabled&quot;:false,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;poster&quot;,&quot;btnText&quot;:&quot;Watch Video&quot;,&quot;align&quot;:&quot;center&quot;,&quot;btnStyle&quot;:{&quot;color&quot;:&quot;#fff&quot;,&quot;backgroundColor&quot;:&quot;#006BA1&quot;,&quot;fontSize&quot;:&quot;16px&quot;,&quot;padding&quot;:{&quot;top&quot;:&quot;10px&quot;,&quot;right&quot;:&quot;20px&quot;,&quot;bottom&quot;:&quot;10px&quot;,&quot;left&quot;:&quot;20px&quot;}}},&quot;overlay&quot;:{&quot;enabled&quot;:false,&quot;items&quot;:[{&quot;color&quot;:&quot;#ffffff&quot;,&quot;backgroundColor&quot;:&quot;#333&quot;,&quot;fontSize&quot;:{&quot;number&quot;:20,&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;},&quot;position&quot;:&quot;top_right&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;logo&quot;,&quot;opacity&quot;:0.8}]},&quot;endScreen&quot;:{&quot;enabled&quot;:false,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Endscreen text&quot;,&quot;btnText&quot;:&quot;Watch Again&quot;,&quot;btnLink&quot;:&quot;#&quot;,&quot;btnStyle&quot;:[]},&quot;thumbInPause&quot;:{&quot;enabled&quot;:false,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;default&quot;},&quot;watermark&quot;:{&quot;color&quot;:&quot;#f00&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;email&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;&quot;},&quot;sticky&quot;:{&quot;enabled&quot;:false,&quot;position&quot;:&quot;top_right&quot;},&quot;playWhenVisible&quot;:false,&quot;disablePause&quot;:false,&quot;hideYoutubeUI&quot;:false,&quot;startTime&quot;:0,&quot;hideLoadingPlaceholder&quot;:false,&quot;passwordProtected&quot;:{&quot;enabled&quot;:false,&quot;errorMessage&quot;:&quot;Password didn&#039;t matched&quot;,&quot;heading&quot;:&quot;Please Entire the password to access the video&quot;,&quot;button&quot;:{&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Access&quot;,&quot;color&quot;:&quot;#222&quot;,&quot;backgroundColor&quot;:&quot;#ffffffe3&quot;},&quot;password&quot;:null}},&quot;styles&quot;:{&quot;plyr_wrapper&quot;:{&quot;width&quot;:&quot;100%&quot;},&quot;plyr&quot;:{&quot;borderRadius&quot;:&quot;0px&quot;},&quot;.plyr&quot;:{&quot;--plyr-color-main&quot;:&quot;#00b2ff&quot;}},&quot;width&quot;:{&quot;deprecated&quot;:true,&quot;number&quot;:100,&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;%&quot;,&quot;isDeprecated&quot;:true},&quot;provider&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;skin&quot;:&quot;default&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:{&quot;play-large&quot;:true,&quot;restart&quot;:false,&quot;rewind&quot;:true,&quot;play&quot;:true,&quot;fast-forward&quot;:true,&quot;progress&quot;:true,&quot;current-time&quot;:true,&quot;duration&quot;:false,&quot;mute&quot;:true,&quot;volume&quot;:true,&quot;pip&quot;:false,&quot;airplay&quot;:false,&quot;settings&quot;:true,&quot;downlaod&quot;:false,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:true},&quot;brandColor&quot;:&quot;#00B3FF&quot;,&quot;radius&quot;:{&quot;number&quot;:0,&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;},&quot;repeat&quot;:false,&quot;autoplay&quot;:false,&quot;muted&quot;:false,&quot;playsinline&quot;:false,&quot;resetOnEnd&quot;:false,&quot;autoHideControl&quot;:true,&quot;video_id&quot;:null}\">\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We sometimes hear the claim that Scottish and Irish people were enslaved alongside Africans. In this clip, we hear Prof Diana Paton and Dr Peggy Brunache discuss the distinction between indentured servitude and chattel slavery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-video-id=\"\"\n    class='wp-block-html5-player-video html5_video_players' class=\"wp-block-html5-player-youtube\"    data-attributes=\"{&quot;imported&quot;:true,&quot;uniqueId&quot;:&quot;h5vpd83e9576&quot;,&quot;source&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/watch?v=STWloOKkE0E&quot;,&quot;options&quot;:{&quot;controls&quot;:[&quot;play-large&quot;,&quot;rewind&quot;,&quot;play&quot;,&quot;fast-forward&quot;,&quot;progress&quot;,&quot;current-time&quot;,&quot;mute&quot;,&quot;volume&quot;,&quot;settings&quot;,&quot;fullscreen&quot;],&quot;settings&quot;:[&quot;captions&quot;,&quot;quality&quot;,&quot;speed&quot;,&quot;loop&quot;],&quot;loadSprite&quot;:true,&quot;autoplay&quot;:false,&quot;seekTime&quot;:10,&quot;volume&quot;:1,&quot;muted&quot;:false,&quot;hideControls&quot;:true,&quot;resetOnEnd&quot;:false,&quot;captions&quot;:{&quot;active&quot;:false,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;auto&quot;,&quot;update&quot;:true},&quot;ratio&quot;:null,&quot;storage&quot;:{&quot;enabled&quot;:true,&quot;key&quot;:&quot;plyr&quot;},&quot;speed&quot;:{&quot;options&quot;:[&quot;1&quot;,&quot;2&quot;,&quot;3&quot;,&quot;0.5&quot;,&quot;0.75&quot;,&quot;1.25&quot;,&quot;1.5&quot;,&quot;1.75&quot;,&quot;2.5&quot;]},&quot;loop&quot;:{&quot;active&quot;:false},&quot;ads&quot;:{&quot;enabled&quot;:true},&quot;urls&quot;:{&quot;enabled&quot;:false},&quot;markers&quot;:{&quot;enabled&quot;:true,&quot;points&quot;:[]},&quot;preload&quot;:&quot;metadata&quot;,&quot;imported&quot;:true},&quot;features&quot;:{&quot;popup&quot;:{&quot;enabled&quot;:false,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;poster&quot;,&quot;btnText&quot;:&quot;Watch Video&quot;,&quot;align&quot;:&quot;center&quot;,&quot;btnStyle&quot;:{&quot;color&quot;:&quot;#fff&quot;,&quot;backgroundColor&quot;:&quot;#006BA1&quot;,&quot;fontSize&quot;:&quot;16px&quot;,&quot;padding&quot;:{&quot;top&quot;:&quot;10px&quot;,&quot;right&quot;:&quot;20px&quot;,&quot;bottom&quot;:&quot;10px&quot;,&quot;left&quot;:&quot;20px&quot;}}},&quot;overlay&quot;:{&quot;enabled&quot;:false,&quot;items&quot;:[{&quot;color&quot;:&quot;#ffffff&quot;,&quot;backgroundColor&quot;:&quot;#333&quot;,&quot;fontSize&quot;:{&quot;number&quot;:20,&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;},&quot;position&quot;:&quot;top_right&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;logo&quot;,&quot;opacity&quot;:0.8}]},&quot;endScreen&quot;:{&quot;enabled&quot;:false,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Endscreen text&quot;,&quot;btnText&quot;:&quot;Watch Again&quot;,&quot;btnLink&quot;:&quot;#&quot;,&quot;btnStyle&quot;:[]},&quot;thumbInPause&quot;:{&quot;enabled&quot;:false,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;default&quot;},&quot;watermark&quot;:{&quot;color&quot;:&quot;#f00&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;email&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;&quot;},&quot;sticky&quot;:{&quot;enabled&quot;:false,&quot;position&quot;:&quot;top_right&quot;},&quot;playWhenVisible&quot;:false,&quot;disablePause&quot;:false,&quot;hideYoutubeUI&quot;:false,&quot;startTime&quot;:0,&quot;hideLoadingPlaceholder&quot;:false,&quot;passwordProtected&quot;:{&quot;enabled&quot;:false,&quot;errorMessage&quot;:&quot;Password didn&#039;t matched&quot;,&quot;heading&quot;:&quot;Please Entire the password to access the video&quot;,&quot;button&quot;:{&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Access&quot;,&quot;color&quot;:&quot;#222&quot;,&quot;backgroundColor&quot;:&quot;#ffffffe3&quot;},&quot;password&quot;:null}},&quot;styles&quot;:{&quot;plyr_wrapper&quot;:{&quot;width&quot;:&quot;100%&quot;},&quot;plyr&quot;:{&quot;borderRadius&quot;:&quot;0px&quot;},&quot;.plyr&quot;:{&quot;--plyr-color-main&quot;:&quot;#00b2ff&quot;}},&quot;width&quot;:{&quot;deprecated&quot;:true,&quot;number&quot;:100,&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;%&quot;,&quot;isDeprecated&quot;:true},&quot;provider&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;skin&quot;:&quot;default&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:{&quot;play-large&quot;:true,&quot;restart&quot;:false,&quot;rewind&quot;:true,&quot;play&quot;:true,&quot;fast-forward&quot;:true,&quot;progress&quot;:true,&quot;current-time&quot;:true,&quot;duration&quot;:false,&quot;mute&quot;:true,&quot;volume&quot;:true,&quot;pip&quot;:false,&quot;airplay&quot;:false,&quot;settings&quot;:true,&quot;downlaod&quot;:false,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:true},&quot;brandColor&quot;:&quot;#00B3FF&quot;,&quot;radius&quot;:{&quot;number&quot;:0,&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;},&quot;repeat&quot;:false,&quot;autoplay&quot;:false,&quot;muted&quot;:false,&quot;playsinline&quot;:false,&quot;resetOnEnd&quot;:false,&quot;autoHideControl&quot;:true,&quot;video_id&quot;:null}\">\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The relative wealth of Britain today is derived in large part from the profits of slavery. In this clip Prof Diana Paton and Dr Peggy Brunache explain how slavery underpinned the astonishing increase in wealth that Britain saw during the industrial revolution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-video-id=\"\"\n    class='wp-block-html5-player-video html5_video_players' class=\"wp-block-html5-player-youtube\"    data-attributes=\"{&quot;imported&quot;:true,&quot;uniqueId&quot;:&quot;h5vp76f813e2&quot;,&quot;source&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/watch?v=ohcgdbW5JFE&quot;,&quot;options&quot;:{&quot;controls&quot;:[&quot;play-large&quot;,&quot;rewind&quot;,&quot;play&quot;,&quot;fast-forward&quot;,&quot;progress&quot;,&quot;current-time&quot;,&quot;mute&quot;,&quot;volume&quot;,&quot;settings&quot;,&quot;fullscreen&quot;],&quot;settings&quot;:[&quot;captions&quot;,&quot;quality&quot;,&quot;speed&quot;,&quot;loop&quot;],&quot;loadSprite&quot;:true,&quot;autoplay&quot;:false,&quot;seekTime&quot;:10,&quot;volume&quot;:1,&quot;muted&quot;:false,&quot;hideControls&quot;:true,&quot;resetOnEnd&quot;:false,&quot;captions&quot;:{&quot;active&quot;:false,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;auto&quot;,&quot;update&quot;:true},&quot;ratio&quot;:null,&quot;storage&quot;:{&quot;enabled&quot;:true,&quot;key&quot;:&quot;plyr&quot;},&quot;speed&quot;:{&quot;options&quot;:[&quot;1&quot;,&quot;2&quot;,&quot;3&quot;,&quot;0.5&quot;,&quot;0.75&quot;,&quot;1.25&quot;,&quot;1.5&quot;,&quot;1.75&quot;,&quot;2.5&quot;]},&quot;loop&quot;:{&quot;active&quot;:false},&quot;ads&quot;:{&quot;enabled&quot;:true},&quot;urls&quot;:{&quot;enabled&quot;:false},&quot;markers&quot;:{&quot;enabled&quot;:true,&quot;points&quot;:[]},&quot;preload&quot;:&quot;metadata&quot;,&quot;imported&quot;:true},&quot;features&quot;:{&quot;popup&quot;:{&quot;enabled&quot;:false,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;poster&quot;,&quot;btnText&quot;:&quot;Watch Video&quot;,&quot;align&quot;:&quot;center&quot;,&quot;btnStyle&quot;:{&quot;color&quot;:&quot;#fff&quot;,&quot;backgroundColor&quot;:&quot;#006BA1&quot;,&quot;fontSize&quot;:&quot;16px&quot;,&quot;padding&quot;:{&quot;top&quot;:&quot;10px&quot;,&quot;right&quot;:&quot;20px&quot;,&quot;bottom&quot;:&quot;10px&quot;,&quot;left&quot;:&quot;20px&quot;}}},&quot;overlay&quot;:{&quot;enabled&quot;:false,&quot;items&quot;:[{&quot;color&quot;:&quot;#ffffff&quot;,&quot;backgroundColor&quot;:&quot;#333&quot;,&quot;fontSize&quot;:{&quot;number&quot;:20,&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;},&quot;position&quot;:&quot;top_right&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;logo&quot;,&quot;opacity&quot;:0.8}]},&quot;endScreen&quot;:{&quot;enabled&quot;:false,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Endscreen text&quot;,&quot;btnText&quot;:&quot;Watch Again&quot;,&quot;btnLink&quot;:&quot;#&quot;,&quot;btnStyle&quot;:[]},&quot;thumbInPause&quot;:{&quot;enabled&quot;:false,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;default&quot;},&quot;watermark&quot;:{&quot;color&quot;:&quot;#f00&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;email&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;&quot;},&quot;sticky&quot;:{&quot;enabled&quot;:false,&quot;position&quot;:&quot;top_right&quot;},&quot;playWhenVisible&quot;:false,&quot;disablePause&quot;:false,&quot;hideYoutubeUI&quot;:false,&quot;startTime&quot;:0,&quot;hideLoadingPlaceholder&quot;:false,&quot;passwordProtected&quot;:{&quot;enabled&quot;:false,&quot;errorMessage&quot;:&quot;Password didn&#039;t matched&quot;,&quot;heading&quot;:&quot;Please Entire the password to access the video&quot;,&quot;button&quot;:{&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Access&quot;,&quot;color&quot;:&quot;#222&quot;,&quot;backgroundColor&quot;:&quot;#ffffffe3&quot;},&quot;password&quot;:null}},&quot;styles&quot;:{&quot;plyr_wrapper&quot;:{&quot;width&quot;:&quot;100%&quot;},&quot;plyr&quot;:{&quot;borderRadius&quot;:&quot;0px&quot;},&quot;.plyr&quot;:{&quot;--plyr-color-main&quot;:&quot;#00b2ff&quot;}},&quot;width&quot;:{&quot;deprecated&quot;:true,&quot;number&quot;:100,&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;%&quot;,&quot;isDeprecated&quot;:true},&quot;provider&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;skin&quot;:&quot;default&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:{&quot;play-large&quot;:true,&quot;restart&quot;:false,&quot;rewind&quot;:true,&quot;play&quot;:true,&quot;fast-forward&quot;:true,&quot;progress&quot;:true,&quot;current-time&quot;:true,&quot;duration&quot;:false,&quot;mute&quot;:true,&quot;volume&quot;:true,&quot;pip&quot;:false,&quot;airplay&quot;:false,&quot;settings&quot;:true,&quot;downlaod&quot;:false,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:true},&quot;brandColor&quot;:&quot;#00B3FF&quot;,&quot;radius&quot;:{&quot;number&quot;:0,&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;},&quot;repeat&quot;:false,&quot;autoplay&quot;:false,&quot;muted&quot;:false,&quot;playsinline&quot;:false,&quot;resetOnEnd&quot;:false,&quot;autoHideControl&quot;:true,&quot;video_id&quot;:null}\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Transatlantic slavery has shaped the world we live in today. 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