Over two hourlong episodes the programme brings to light startling new historical evidence which shows that while slave owners received generous compensation from the government during abolition, slaves got nothing. Britain has a selective memory of its slavery past. Simon schama, mary beard and david olusoga on bbc two s civilisations series duration. The book is subtitled and marketed as the forgotten history of britain s white slaves in america. The forgotten history of britains white slaves telegraph. Nick draper, and the documentary based on that research britains forgotten slave owners. In it, david olusoga explores the legacies of british slave ownership project, led by professor catherine hall and dr. Britain s forgotten slave owners 1 profit and loss couchtripper. Documentary looking at the abolition of slavery in britain and the extraordinary choice by the government of the day to compensate slave owners for their loss of. Vast scale of british slave ownership revealed the. The original series is available to download via bbc iplayer. Britains forgotten slave owners is a twopart documentary which reveals the forgotten price of the abolition of slavery in britain enacted by parliament in 1834. Exposing the secret and greedy world of a sinister chapter of uk history bbc documentary charts the bitter. Italys shocking underground trade in female sex slaves.
The centre will build on two earlier projects based at ucl tracing the impact of slave ownership on the formation of modern britain. Britains forgotten slave owners tv miniseries 2015 imdb. Bbc studios the documentary unit britains forgotten. Britain s forgotten slaveowners, a twopart bbc programme based on lbs and presented by david olusoga, was originally broadcast in july 2015. The americas were built on the backs of not just black slaves but indian slaves as well. For blacks, there was no clear choice africanamericans ended up on both sides of the war, though they shared the goal of evading slavery. The forgotten history of britain s white slaves in america read full ebook. The forgotten history of britain s white slaves in america download. Britain s forgotten slave owners s01 e02 the price of freedom official. The mafia are trafficking eastern european women to italy to work as prostitutes. Britains forgotten slave owners university of liverpool. Britain s forgotten slave owners 2015 season 1 episode 1.
For blacks, there was no clear choice national news us. The government of the day took the extraordinary step of compensating the slave owners for loss of their property, as britain s 46,000 slave owners were paid. We were delighted that the programme won the bafta british. Yet as the authors admit, indentured servants were not slaves. The first of two episodes, presented by olusoga, will be broadcast on wednesday on bbc2. Britain s caribbean heroes and britain s forgotten slave owners in 2015. The centre for the study of the legacies of british slave ownership has been established at ucl with the generous support of the hutchins center at harvard. News uk vast scale of british slave ownership revealed. Twopart documentary looking at the abolition of slavery in britain and the extraordinary choice by the government of the day to compensate slave owners. For more information about the programme, see the bbc website page and bbc programme page.
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