Cotton Capital: The bee and the ship – episode 1

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The Guardian

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🗓️ 19 August 2023

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Revisited: The first episode in the Cotton Capital series explores the revelations that the Guardian’s founding editor, John Edward Taylor, and at least nine of his 11 backers had links to slavery, principally through the textile industry. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus

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0:00.0	This is the Guardian
0:10.6	Hi, it's not sheen
0:13.0	Today in focus is on its summer break and we will be returning with new episodes on Tuesday, August the 29th
0:21.5	In the meantime, I'm here to introduce you to episode one of Cotton Capital
0:26.6	It is an incredible series that first ran back in April
0:30.6	It begins by digging into the Guardian's historic links to transatlantic slavery and shows how that system has shaped our world today
0:39.6	In case you missed it we're bringing you the whole series. There are six episodes in total
0:44.6	Moving from Manchester to Jamaica the American South Nigeria and Brazil
0:56.2	You

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