Congratulations from MJR to the makers of ‘Britain’s Forgotten Slave Owners’ for winning the Specialist Factual award at this year’s BAFTAs. This 2-part series, shown last summer on BBC 2, was based on research by University College Londonon the records of compensation payments made to slave owners by the British Government in 1834, out of a then-record pot of £20million. The slaves got nothing.
Expect a repeat of the programmes soon – well worth watching for an insight into a legacy issue still visible all around us in what that money bought (and watch out for an announcement soon from MJR of an event linked to BFSO
BBC Radio Manchester interview
MJR trustees Beatrice Smith and Paul Keeble were interviewed by Asthma Younus on BBC Radio Manchester on Sunday morning about the forthcoming screening of ‘After the Flood: