{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/65fb724e4876ab0016b3bcc5/69d46606d2e95f5131790db8?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"DR BROOKE NEWMAN: The Crown's Silence, British Monarchy & The Transatlantic Slave Trade","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/65fb724e4876ab0016b3bcc5/1775527148713-0fc27a22-9695-4628-a9c1-6974140b24e4.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Over the course of more than 350 years, an estimated 12 to 15 million people were forced on transatlantic slave ships from West Africa to the Americas. In a recent symbolic vote, the UN passed a landmark resolution declaring the transatlantic slave trade “the gravest crime against humanity”.&nbsp;I spoke to Dr Brooke Newman about her recently published book, The Crown’s Silence, a deeply researched account of the British monarchy’s involvement and financial gain from the slave trade.  </p><p><br></p><p><br></p>","author_name":"NewsByHil"}