S2 • E4 May 29, 2001 60m
7.98.0
The British Empire was the largest, most enlightened and most liberal of its kind to ever exist on this earth. Simon Schama, however, looks into its history and finds its sad failings and most uncomfortable secrets. How it created the slave trade in the Caribbean. How it used its military against the 13 American colonies. How it helped a mega corporation to take over the Indian subcontinent.
