Lectures in History cover image

Slavery in the Northern Colonies

Lectures in History

00:00

Samuel Sebel and the Transatlantic Slave Trade

C-Span: Samuel Sebel was involved in the transatlantic slave trade. He says he wrote an anti-slavery poem and distributed it privately among like-minded friends. But when his wife found out that he held these ideas, she dumped him for a different man. C-Span asks how similar are their arguments about slavery to those made today?

Transcript
Play full episode

The AI-powered Podcast Player

Save insights by tapping your headphones, chat with episodes, discover the best highlights - and more!
App store bannerPlay store banner
Get the app