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Series · 2015–2015Ended

Britain's Forgotten Slave Owners

10.0·1 season·2 episodes·60 min avg.

How Britain as we know it was built on the profits of slavery, with abolition involving the shocking decision to compensate slave owners for their loss of 'property'.

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Profit and LossUp next
Jul 15, 2015

Documentary about the abolition of slavery. Huge sums of money were paid out in compensation, not to slaves, but to slave owners.

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The Price of Freedom
Jul 22, 2015

David Olusoga traces the bitter propaganda war waged between the pro-slavery lobby and the abolitionists.

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David Olusoga
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