A House Through Time Season 3 Episode 1 - Episode 1

Airdate: 2020-May-26

Episode summary:

David Olusoga traces the history of an 18th-century sea captain's house near Bristol's docks with links to the slave trade. Bristol was a major port in the transportation of slaves from Africa's Guinea Coast to the Caribbean, and both the man who built the house and its first full-time resident were heavily involved in the trade. David uncovers stories of piracy, abandoned babies, a household slave who made a daring escape from the property, and a protest on the doorstep as the abolitionist movement gained momentum.

About A House Through Time series:

This series tells a story of Britain spanning a period of seismic social change from the 1840s to the present day, through the prism of a single-te...Show more >