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  • 2015-07-15T20:00:00Z on BBC Two
  • 42m
  • 1h 59m (2 episodes)
  • United Kingdom
  • English
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'.

2 episodes

Series Premiere

2015-07-15T20:00:00Z

1x01 Profit and Loss

Series Premiere

1x01 Profit and Loss

  • 2015-07-15T20:00:00Z59m

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

2015-07-22T20:00:00Z

1x02 The Price of Freedom

1x02 The Price of Freedom

  • 2015-07-22T20:00:00Z1h

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

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