Season 2 · Episode 1

S2E1: Silk, Silver, Spices, Slaves (Remastered)

The Colonial Department · The Colonial Department

November 16, 202118m 50s

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<html>When we think of the Galleon Trade, we usually think of rich cargoes of silver, or spices, or silk. But it also carried human beings, in chains, from Manila, to be sold in Mexico. This was the Transpacific slave trade. Follow us on IG: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/thecolonialdept/" target="_blank">@thecolonialdept</a>Follow us on TikTok: <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@thecolonialdept" target="_blank">@thecolonialdept</a>Email us: <a href="mailto:[email protected]" target="_blank">[email protected]</a>The book version of this podcast is called Silk, Silver, Spices, Slaves: Lost Tales From the Philippine Colonial Period, 1565-1946. You can find out more about it <a href="https://www.faction.press/product-page/silk-silver-spices-slaves-philippines-history" target="_blank">here.</a> (An ebook version is also <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Silk-Silver-Spices-Slaves-Philippine-ebook/dp/B0D5JSXC5M" target="_blank">available on Amazon</a>.)References:Seijas, Tatiana (2014). Asian Slaves in Colonial Mexico: From Chinos to Indians. Cambridge University Press.“The Amistad Case” (undated). National Archives and Records Administration. <a href="https://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/amistad" target="_blank">https://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/amistad</a>Scott, William Henry (1991). Slavery in the Spanish Philippines. De La Salle University Press.Legarda, Benito (1999). After the Galleons: Foreign Trade, Economic Change, and Entrepreneurship in the Nineteenth Century Philippines. Ateneo de Manila University Press.</html>

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