The Slavery Business
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- Episode
- The Rise and Fall of the House of Beckford
- Broadcast Info
- 2005 (59 mins)
- Description
- Docu-drama which focuses on the Beckford family who were transformed from a middle class family to a C18 dynasty running Britain’s first global business- slavery. They owned many sugar plantations in Jamaica.
- Genre
- History
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The Open University, "The Slavery Business". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/ou/search/index.php/prog/7066 (Accessed 13 Jan 2025)