Series·2015·1 season

Britain's Forgotten Slave Owners

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 LossE1 · 59 min

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

The Price of FreedomE2 · 60 min

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

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