Synopsis
David Olusoga investigates the British independent slave owners.
- Programme: Black and British: A Forgotten History
- Episode: Freedom
- Channel: BBC Two
- Broadcast year: 2016
- History | The Atlantic Slave Trade, 1770-1807 | The Atlantic Slave Trade | Britain and the Caribbean
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Staff and students of licensed education establishments only
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