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New Podcast – How Slavery Built Modern Britain

Padraic Scanlan talks about how Britain rose to global power on the backs of enslaved workers. Modern Britain has inherited the legacies and contradictions of a liberal empire built on slavery. Modern capitalism and liberalism emphasise ‘freedom’ – for individuals and for markets – but are built on human bondage.

This podcast adds to our article Slavery Compensation: Who Got Paid? and you can listen to it here.

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