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Sugar dynasty

A tale of two William Beckfords, heirs to their family's sugar fortune: one was to end up bankrupt, while the other offered an extraordinary eyewitness account of how slavery worked in the sugar dynasty.

Tubman took a stand against the whippers in

Abolition - but with a catch

The Abolition Bill didn't mean an end to enlsavement for those already "owned". Follow the continuing struggle of Caribbean slaves to be freed in breaking the chains.

The Slavery Business
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Sugar dynasty
Breaking the chains

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