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Britain's Hidden Slave Trade
3/4. Westminster Hall , famous nowadays for political dust-ups, was the venue for one of the slave trade's most significant heavyweight contests in the 18th century, between Granville Sharp and Lord Chief Justice Mansfield.
Freelance writer Angelina Osborne and historian John Gilmore explain how the outcome of their clash effectively banned slavery in England.

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