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    TV Series

    Britain's Forgotten Slave Owners

    10/10
    2015 - 2015
    Ended
    Seasons: 1
    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'.

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    Seasons & Episodes

    Profit and Loss

    1. Profit and Loss

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

    7/15/201559 min
    The Price of Freedom

    2. The Price of Freedom

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

    7/22/201560 min

    Cast

    David Olusoga

    David Olusoga

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