Finding Britain's Slave Traders with David Olusoga

Finding Britain's Slave Traders with David Olusoga

2026–2026 · BBC iPlayer · 1 season · 2 episodes · History

Finding Britain's Slave Traders with David Olusoga is set to explore the individuals, institutions and organisations who financed Britain's trade in enslaved Africans from its first tentative steps in the 16th century to abolition of the trade in 1807. Based on exclusive access to the findings of a new academic research project, led by Professor William Pettigrew, this series follows the work of the research team who…

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Seasons

SeasonEpisodesFirst airedLast aired
1 2 2026-09-21 2026-09-21

Main cast

David Olusoga as Presenter