Profit and Loss
- Episode aired Jul 15, 2015
David Olusoga reveals how more than 40,000 ordinary middle or lower class Britons in Georgian times owned thousands of slaves on plantations in British overseas territories such as Jamaica, ... Read allDavid Olusoga reveals how more than 40,000 ordinary middle or lower class Britons in Georgian times owned thousands of slaves on plantations in British overseas territories such as Jamaica, Guyana, Grenada, Antigua, St Vincent and Tobago, and why the British government set up The... Read allDavid Olusoga reveals how more than 40,000 ordinary middle or lower class Britons in Georgian times owned thousands of slaves on plantations in British overseas territories such as Jamaica, Guyana, Grenada, Antigua, St Vincent and Tobago, and why the British government set up The Slave Compensation Commission to pay out around 20 millions pounds in compensation to Bri... Read all