Britain's Forgotten Slave Owners
Season 1
2015tvEnded1 Season · 2 Ep
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Network: BBC Two
Season aired: 2015-07-15
Overview
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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Episodes · 2
1
Profit and Loss
59m2015-07-15
Documentary about the abolition of slavery. Huge sums of money were paid out in compensation, not to slaves, but to slave owners.
2
The Price of Freedom
1h 0m2015-07-22
David Olusoga traces the bitter propaganda war waged between the pro-slavery lobby and the abolitionists.
