A Precious Cargo | Enslaved with Samuel L Jackson
Samuel L Jackson examines how, for over 400 years, the transatlantic slave trade became the greatest wealth-generating machine the world had known and the engine that drove the global economy.
Tweet- Clip length: 56'47''
- Broadcast year: 2020
- History | Slave trade
Licence: ERA Licence required
UK only
Staff and students of licensed education establishments only
Cannot be adapted
- Provider: BBC
- Channel: BBC Two
- Programme: Enslaved with Samuel L Jackson
- Episode: A Precious Cargo
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Power: the Repeal of the Corn Laws, 1846 | A Revolution in Five Acts
An ear of corn is at the heart of the second programme in the daily series. Ian Hislop charts an Act that established the city of Manchester as a force in the nation, shattered the Conservative Party, and had precious little effect on the price of corn.
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