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Jul 2023
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63. Creating Sierra Leone: The Land of t...

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These former slaves have fought valiantly for the British and have been promised a new life. With things not working out in North America, eyes turn toward Africa. Could their homeland, from which they had been so brutally torn, offer sanctuary? Listen as William and Anita are again joined by Maya Jasanoff to talk about the attempts to create a colony in Sierra Leone.


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Producer: Callum Hill

Exec Producer: Jack Davenport + Neil Fearn

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