Synopsis
Davis Olusoga investigates the Bill Richmond black boxer who took Georgian Britain by storm.
- Programme: Black and British: A Forgotten History
- Episode: Freedom
- Channel: BBC Two
- Broadcast year: 2016
- History | Britain: Migration, empires and the people: c790 to the present day | Migration to & from Britain c.790 to the present day | c.1500-1900
Licence: ERA Licence required
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Staff and students of licensed education establishments only
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