Original title
Britain's Forgotten Slave Owners
Released
7/15/2015
Origin country
GB
Status
Ended
Number of seasons
1
Number of episodes
2
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'.
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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