"Who Do You Think You Are" Series 13, Episode #3: Liz Bonnin

[Mowsehowse]

Wow!!
I thought that was absolutely fascinating all the way through.

And Ms Bonnin really behaved in a sensible manner.

Excellent!

[suey]

Best one yet - and what a fabulous place Martinique is, the views! stunning.

[KGarrad]

Great episode! So much information!!

Could have done without the tears - but at least the reactions were genuine.

[LizzieW]

Loved it, I'd love to go to Martinique it looked stunning.

[Guyana]

The West Indies are such a melting pot, particularly the former British colonies, where, post-emancipation, indentured labour was introduced, first from India, then China and Madeira.

[pharmaT]

Was brilliant! I loved the episode. I had had no idea who she was but she came across really well.

[ankerdine]

Superb programme. My OH and I thoroughly enjoyed it.

I never knew anything about the history of this area of slavery; that other countries as well as England were involved.

Tourism will rise in 2017 for Martinique, I'm sure.

A truly delightful and intelligent lady was Liz Bonnin.

Judy

[Guy Etchells]

The more programmes such as WDYTYA I watch the more amazed I am that people seem to be so uneducated about history, it makes me glad I was educated in Scotland.

The slave trade is a case in point people these days seem to think the slave trade was some scheme dreamed up by plantation owners to provide labour in the various types of plantation.
They do not seem to realise that slavery and the slave trade has been going on since almost the dawn of time and has involved almost every nationality, religion and culture and though now illegal in every country still exists today.
Conquering or more powerful peoples would enslave those they conquered or held power over.

To put it simply this was played out in Africa when tribes raided the villages of other tribes and took villagers as their slaves at a later date such captives were sold on to English, French and Dutch traders to work the plantations. It could be argued that if it was not for the help of various tribes or peoples in Africa the Atlantic slave trade could not have existed.

Cheers
Guy

[Mowsehowse]

The more programmes such as WDYTYA I watch the more amazed I am that people seem to be so uneducated about history, it makes me glad I was educated in Scotland.

The slave trade is a case in point people these days seem to think the slave trade was some scheme dreamed up by plantation owners to provide labour in the various types of plantation.
They do not seem to realise that slavery and the slave trade has been going on since almost the dawn of time and has involved almost every nationality, religion and culture and though now illegal in every country still exists today.
Conquering or more powerful peoples would enslave those they conquered or held power over.

To put it simply this was played out in Africa when tribes raided the villages of other tribes and took villagers as their slaves at a later date such captives were sold on to English, French and Dutch traders to work the plantations. It could be argued that if it was not for the help of various tribes or peoples in Africa the Atlantic slave trade could not have existed.

Cheers Guy

Fair point Guy.  Slavery is about domination, often after warfare, but the actual concept remains unpalatable.

I think I can empathise with finding it difficult to swallow in the family tree..... and one has to hope at least some owners were benign.

But in an era where every woman and all she owned, became the possession of her husband upon marriage, the idea of slavery takes on a slightly different perspective doesn't it?

ADDED: I fear most Apprenticeship arrangements were slavery too.