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Buried: how we choose to remember the transatlantic slave trade – documentary | World news [Video]

The remote island of St Helena, a British overseas territory, is best known for Napoleon’s tomb the island’s biggest tourist attraction. While overseeing the construction of a long-awaited airport on the island, Annina van Neel learns that the remains of thousands of formerly enslaved Africans have been uncovered, unearthing one of the most significant traces of the transatlantic slave trade in the world