Series, 2015–2015Ended
Britain's Forgotten Slave Owners
IMDb 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.
