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The Essay - Britain's Hidden Slave Trade

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John Gilmore and Angelina Osborne visit four places connected with the British slave trade

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1/4. Britain's Hidden Slave Trade: John Gilmore and Angelina Osborne visit Sambo's Grave, a memorial to a black slave in the marshes at the mouth of the River Lune in Lancashire.

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4/4. Britain's Hidden Slave Trade: John Gilmore and Angelina Osborne visit Westminster Hall, the venue for one of the slave trade's most significant contests in the 18th century.

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3/4. Britain's Hidden Slave Trade: John Gilmore and Angelina Osborne visit a memorial to a young girl and explore her links with the leading black abolitionist Olaudah Equiano.

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