The Know Your Caribbean Podcast

The difference between Slavery in the USA and the Caribbean


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In this episode of the Know Your Caribbean podcast, host Fiona Compton explores the history and structure of slavery in the Caribbean and the United States. Drawing from Caribbean historical perspectives, the conversation examines how plantation economies, colonial systems, and resistance shaped life across the region. From the scale of plantation societies to the cultural survival and rebellion of enslaved Africans, the episode unpacks how different colonial environments produced distinct historical experiences—while still being connected through the wider system of the transatlantic slave trade.

Through clear historical context and reflection, Fiona Compton of Know Your Caribbean invites listeners to think more deeply about how these histories shaped the societies we live in today, and why understanding them matters for conversations about identity, memory, and justice in the present.

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