Britain's Forgotten Slave Owners (2015)
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'.
Britain's Forgotten Slave Owners: Season 1 - 2 Episode s
1x1 - Profit and Loss
July 15, 2015
Documentary about the abolition of slavery. Huge sums of money were paid out in compensation, not to slaves, but to slave owners.
1x2 - The Price of Freedom
July 22, 2015
David Olusoga traces the bitter propaganda war waged between the pro-slavery lobby and the abolitionists.