Thirty years after the abolition of the slave trade by the United Kingdom, Turner gave the landscape an unprecedented scope, painting with his tormented touch the portrait of an England embracing the new economic and scientific paradigms of the Industrial Revolution, the premises of a future globalization with no less bloody chains.
Practiced since antiquity, slavery experienced an unprecedented boom from the 16th century onwards, with Europeans trading Africans to the immense American plantations. The United Kingdom was the first nation to abolish the slave trade in the early 19th century. Since then, it has not hesitated to chase foreign slave ships around the globe with its powerful fleet.
Practiced since antiquity, slavery experienced an unprecedented boom from the 16th century onwards, with Europeans trading Africans to the immense American plantations. The United Kingdom was the first nation to abolish the slave trade in the early 19th century. Since then, it has not hesitated to chase foreign slave ships around the globe with its powerful fleet.
| Director | Jivko Darakchiev, Carlos Franklin |
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Carlos Franklin
Jivko Darakchiev
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