Britain's Forgotten Slave Owners
20151 seasons2 episodes
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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Documentary about the abolition of slavery. Huge sums of money were paid out in compensation, not to slaves, but to slave owners.
David Olusoga traces the bitter propaganda war waged between the pro-slavery lobby and the abolitionists.
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