Poldark’s Kitty Despard is right to warn against ‘the single-minded pursuit of profit’. Trade deals should have human rights and environmental legislation at their core
This series of Poldark is set at the turn of the 19th century, when political events are picking up speed, including the anti-slavery movement. In the early 1800s, Britain’s burgeoning international trade “deals” benefited hugely from slavery and exploitation, helping people like the show’s latest bad guy – the rapacious mahogany merchant, Ralph Hanson – get very rich.
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