Slaveowners were paid compensation to the equivalent of £340 billion from the public purse, which entrenched their power.
The Interest: How the British Establishment Resisted the Abolition of Slavery
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The clandestine manoeuvres of one branch of military intelligence, responsible for saving thousands of lives. Airey Neave, Jimmy Langley, Sam Derry and Mary Lindell emerge as central figures... read more
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Unspeakable
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London has twelve vast railway termini. What was involved in their construction (between 1836 and 1900), and what did they do to London?
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Unjustly ejected from the Liberal government in 1915 as a 'German sympathiser', Haldane's influence on many of our institutions was great, and lasting.