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The Fight Against Slavery: 3: A Matter of Insurance

on BBC Two England

A six-part dramatised documentary series

Written and introduced by Evan Jones
It was easy enough for 18th century England to grow wealthy from the profits of the slave trade without being greatly troubled by its horrors. It needed a major atrocity to stir the conscience of the nation. In 1779 there was just such an event.

Contributors

Writer/Presenter:
Evan Jones
Music:
Joseph Horovitz
Film Cameraman:
Tony Pierce-Roberts
Costume:
Elizabeth Waller
Editor:
Jonathan Crane
Designer:
Oliver Bayldon
Producer:
Christopher Ralling
William Wilberforce:
David Collings
William Pitt:
Ronald Pickup
John Newton:
John Castle
Charles James Fox:
Ronald Lacey
Capt Collingwood:
John Atkinson
Capt Crow:
Aubrey Morris
Lord Mansfield:
John Richmond
Thomas Clarkson:
Gareth Thomas
Equiano:
Lous Mahoney
Mrs Armistead:
Julia Goodman
Granville Sharp:
Terry Scully
Counsel:
Bill Wallis
Counsel:
John Rolfe
Kelsall:
Bruce Purchase
Governor of Elmina:
James Moxon
Chief Minister:
Freddie Jones

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