How is Drayton Manor Theme Park in Staffordshire, the Metropolitan Police, and the modern Conservative party connected? Sir Robert Peel Jr, that's how, and in this episode, we explore the links between powerful men, country manors, and wealth built from Slavery.
 
This episode features <a href="https://twitter.com/madgedresser">Dr. Madge Dresser</a> (https://twitter.com/madgedresser) and <a href="https://twitter.com/Sami_Historian">Dr. Sami Pinarbasi</a> (https://twitter.com/Sami_Historian)
 
<a href="https://www.change.org/p/manchester-remove-the-robert-peel-statue-from-piccadilly-gardens-manchester-blm-repealpeel/u/28522494">An Update from Sami Pinarbasi</a> (shorturl.at/oxBC8)
<a href="http://police.uw.edu/faqs/the-peelian-principles/">The Peelian Principles</a> (shorturl.at/qGRS0)
<a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GRaLwnXvi9sbIzFrmKAAH7_WUKK3uu4G/view?usp=sharing">Full episode transcript</a> (shorturl.at/fsGXZ)
 
CREDITS
 
Produced by Renay Richardson
Sound designed by Ben Yellowitz
Researchers Arisa Loomba and Dr. Alison Bennett
Flute by Sian Herbert
This is a Broccoli Production
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A Sour Taste

Exploring the true story of British involvement in the transatlantic slave trade and how it touches every part of the nation. Hosted by Moya Lothian-McLean, a journalist and descendent of both Black African Slaves and White slave owners or overseers.