Empires Opium Trade Empire Episode 4 BBC One

Subscribe and to OFFICIAL BBC YouTube Stream original BBC programmes FIRST on BBC iPlayer More about this programme: It starts with piracy in the Caribbean, which gives way to growing sugar there and forcing slaves from Africa to work them. Trade with India brings wealth to men like Robert Clive who progress from trader to governor. The empire grows piecemeal as chartered companies take over large tracts of forei