in this very area? in this very area. 0k! so let me get this straight, then, because how i always envisioned the empire i envisioned that the british came over and just captured everything and said, this is ours. so let me correct an impression here. the europeans didn t come and then grab everything. first, they signed agreements with the locals. 0k. so, it was not that they came and just grabbed. yeah. so, i guess that answers how the british became in control of certain areas of ghana but i still don t quite understand where my family fits into all of this. yeah, so back in the day, mostly they were engaged in farming and then fishing because the fantes do two things fishing and farming, and then sell it to the british. ah, 0k. but whilst europeans had first arrived in the area to trade in goods like gold or foodstuffs, over time, trade became far more sinister through the buying and selling of enslaved human beings something known as the transatlantic slave trade.
i envisioned that the british came over and just captured everything and said, this is ours. so let me correct an impression here. the europeans didn t come and then grab everything. first, they signed agreements with the locals. 0k. so, it was not that they came and just grabbed. yeah. so, i guess that answers how the british became in control of certain areas of ghana but i still don t quite understand where my family fits into all of this. yeah, so back in the day, mostly they were engaged in farming and then fishing because the fantes do two things fishing and farming, and then sell it to the british. ah, 0k. but whilst europeans had first arrived in the area to trade in goods like gold or foodstuffs, over time, trade became far more sinister through the buying and selling of enslaved human beings something known as the transatlantic slave trade. i have a document here of the young man you see. yeah. his name is 0ttobah cugoano. this gentleman was from ajumako, which is close
in the past, it felt distant. it sort of felt like, this is something that happened to people that looked like me, but not necessarily people who were just like me. if i was born in that time, i easily could have been in that situation, and that s something that. i don t even know how a human goes through that and survives. it s thought that over three million africans were purchased and transported across the atlantic on british ships, with those on board facing a life of working without pay in inhumane conditions. 0ttobah, like many of those transported by the british, was sent to work on a caribbean sugar plantation. but unlike most, his story has a positive ending. 0ttobah was purchased by a merchant who took him to britain, where he learned to read and write and was eventually freed. 0ttobah was able to record his story in writing, and it went on to help convince
hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the veteran james rampton, features writer at the independent and annabel denham, director of communications at the institute of economic affairs, which is a free market think tank. tomorrow s front pages. the metro leads with the american decision to station thousands more troops in europe, as part of efforts to deter vladimir putin. the i focuses on british defence spending, saying there will be no more money for the military for another three years, despite the tensions in europe. the financial times reports comments by the governor of the bank of england, who says the era of low inflation
i focusing efforts to deter vladimir putin. the ifocusing on british defence spending saying there will be no more money for the military for another three years, that s despite those tensions in europe. the times front page highlights prince charles vow not to to accept large cash donations on behalf of his charitries again. the telegraph has spoken to allies of the prime minister who fear he won t get a fair trial into the inquiry whether he misled parliament over party gate. parliament over party gate. the daily mirror exposes the royal family saying they cost the british tax payer over £102 million. 17% increase. financial times reports comments by the governor of the bank of england who says the era of low inflation and low interest rates is over. the sun splashes with please by