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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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The Price of Freedom

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  • Legacies of British Slave-ownership

    • UCL Slave ownership database
  • Sugar cane harvest — The Price of Freedom

    Duration: 1:10
  • George Cruikshank Cartoon — The Price of Freedom

    Duration: 2:14
  • Instruments of torture — Profit and Loss

    Duration: 2:31
  • Whitewashing slavery — Profit and Loss

    Duration: 2:36
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