
Part One: Thomas Thistlewood: Slave Plantation Owner and Diarist
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Robert walks his former colleague Titi Lee through the life and times of Thomas Thistlewood, a slave owner and monster of the first order who kept a detailed diary of all his crimes against humanity.
(2 Part Series)
Sources:
https://www.amazon.com/Miserable-Slavery-Thistlewood-Jamaica-1750-1786/dp/9766400660
https://www.bbc.co.uk/lincolnshire/content/articles/2007/03/29/thomas_thistlewood_feature.shtml
https://talkafricana.com/thomas-thistlewood-the-serial-rapist/
https://talkafricana.com/derbys-dose-the-cruel-punishment-used-to-punish-slaves-in-jamaica/
https://samepassage.org/thomas-thistlewood-2/
https://www.pismin.com/10.2307/40654549
https://repository.library.northeastern.edu/files/neu:m044g0752/fulltext.pdf
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