The Scottish Mail on Sunday

Britain’s Forgotten Slave Owners

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BBC4, 9pm & 10pm As the debate about Britain’s role in the slave trade continues, here’s another chance to see David Olusoga’s shocking investigat­ion. He finds that a wide variety of people owned slaves, including clergymen. He also learns that when slavery was abolished, owners were compensate­d to the tune of nearly £17billion in today’s money.

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