Watch Britain's Forgotten Slave Owners (2015) Online!
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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Season 1 Episode List
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Episode 1 - Profit and Loss
Release Date: 2015-07-15Documentary 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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Episode 2 - The Price of Freedom
Release Date: 2015-07-22David Olusoga traces the bitter propaganda war waged between the pro-slavery lobby and the abolitionists.