Where To Stream A History of Britain by Simon Schama Season 2 Episode 4
The Wrong Empire (1750 - 1800)
- Aired May 29, 2001
- 55 Min
Simon Schama traces the steps of the empire-makers to tell the extraordinary story of how this small set of islands came to rule an empire that stretched around the globe. How did a trading enterprise based on the idea of liberty become an empire built on the enslavement of millions of Africans? How did Britain lose control of its own colony - America - yet go on to conquer India? On a journey that takes him to Barbados, North America, Canada and India, Schama reveals how Britain came to rule...