In this June 2023 episode of the History Extra podcast, historian Christienna Fryar discusses the significance of Windrush, explaining how its arrival into Britain marks just one part of a much larger story of Caribbean history in Britain.

In 1948, the HMT Empire Windrush arrived in the UK, bringing more than 800 Caribbean men, women, and children looking to make Britain their home. Many people observe this as a landmark moment in the story of Caribbean people in Britain.

But Windrush is just one part of a long, complicated, and difficult relationship between Britain and the Caribbean that stretches back further than the common narrative suggests.

In this June 2023 episode of the History Extra podcast, historian Christienna Fryar talks to host Ellie Cawthorne about the events that predated Windrush.

Encompassing slavery, abolition, and migration, Fryar sheds light on the story of Caribbean people in Britain long before 1948 and the legacies of slavery and imperialism that shaped the Caribbean islands Britain once controlled.