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Go on! Go on, you lazy nag!
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Stop a moment!
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Go on!
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Go on!
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Wilber.
Wilber, you're not well enough.
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For once, let it pass.
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If you leave your horse alone
for an hour, he might recover.
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And who the hell are you?
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Hey.
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I've seen him speak in London.
That's William Wilberforce.
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- Now what?
- Leave it.
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- Welcome home, sir.
- You're so late!
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The mud stole half a day.
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But Marianne, look.
I have a surprise for you.
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- I hope a pleasant one.
- Wilber. Wilber, is that you?
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Oh, it is, half of me. My idiotic body
is playing games with me again.
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- I promised we'd make him well.
- Eat something.
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Breakfast, perhaps.
Not too early. I'm on holiday.
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Isn't that right, cousin Henry?
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Don't you talk to each other? Haven't
you told him he's killing himself?
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Now he's with us, he'll be fine.
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What time is it?
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This is your 3 a.m. dose.
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So, cousin, you're waking me up
to give me medicine to help me sleep.
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Ah. Now you're taking on the medical
profession, as well as everyone else.
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Did you sleep?
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Sleep is more exhausting
than being awake.
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The laudanum will sharpen your dreams.
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It replays my life to mock me and shows
me things I should have done but didn't.
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Wilber, Parliament doesn't deserve you.
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Your last bill was defeated
because four of your loyal supporters
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took free tickets to a comic opera
rather than stay to vote.
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In my dreams,
I turned over their tables.
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But you know the worst thing?
I can't sing any more.
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You remember how well I used to sing?
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Marianne and I will find a way
to restore your voice.
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The Romans believed this water
would restore the dead to life.
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Most pump water I've investigated
works in the opposite direction.
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So?
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- What was so urgent?
- Did I say it was urgent?
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Marianne, are you expecting
someone else?
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Inside this building, you will find
the secret of health and happy life.
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In a glass of water?
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You may have noticed,
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since I married Marianne,
I have been a picture of health.
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- I'm very happy for you.
- It is almost a scientific fact.
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Marriage and health are twins.
Inseparable.
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Single men wither away and die
in rooms that smell of feet and armpits.
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Henry, what are you babbling on about?
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Love, Wilberforce.
Come. Come, we're late.
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The water has been here a million years.
How can we be late?
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- So, what shall we discuss next?
- I don't know.
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The abolition of the slave trade.
How about that?
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Marianne, if I'd known you were
so starved of political conversation,
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I'd have wrapped up a Tory
and sent him to your home by mail
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for you to shout at.
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Ah, now, look at that.
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Here we are discussing
the abolition of the slave trade
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and in walks my husband
with William Wilberforce himself,
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the most committed abolitionist
in England and also, of course,
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the most unmarried.
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Oh. Look over there. It's Marianne.
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And who's the charming-looking
woman with her?
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- Marianne's here?
- Never mind about her.
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Look at the woman she's with.
Barbara Spooner.
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Very committed to very many good causes.
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And also entirely unmarried.
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Marianne, you're outrageous!
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I do not need you or anyone else
to find a wife for me!
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Carriage! Carriage over here.
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- I'll never forgive him.
- I'll never forgive her.
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However, Mr Wilberforce,
if we had met in other circumstances,
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I would have told you how deeply
I admire your tireless efforts
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to force our ridiculous Parliament
to abolish the slave trade.
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If you had, I would have changed
the subject and talked about botany.
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Botany? Why botany?
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Anything but politics.
I'm in Bath to be cured of politics.
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Well, I would have been bored by botany.
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So, even in other circumstances,
it would have been a disaster.
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- Good day to you.
- Good day to you.
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Some simple truths
about this horrendous war
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need to be restated for the benefit
of my honourable friends.
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Simple fact. We have the rebels
on the anvil and a hammer in our hands.
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There is no question
that our military force
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is far superior
to that of the Americans.
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But we must distinguish
between force and justice.
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Where did this terrier spring from?
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I believe he's a Yorkshire terrier,
My Lord.
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... rather
than able statesmen.
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Surely it is time for the fat fellow
and his friends opposite
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to make way for others
who consider the good of their country
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of greater moment
than their own personal interests.
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Doesn't he know what dangers await
anyone who talks sense in this place?
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Oh, I think he's equal to the dangers.
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My honourable friend suggests
we surrender to the revolutionaries.
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Revolution is like a pox.
It spreads from person to person.
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I bow to my honourable friend's
superior knowledge and experience
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in all matters regarding the pox.
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Why would we withdraw from America
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when half of the Americans
are loyal to the Crown?
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Less than one in four Americans
are loyal.
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If he calls that half, I'd hate to be
his wife and share half his bed.
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Mr Foreign Secretary.
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My honourable and young friend
should explain to the House
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the difference between
appeasement and surrender.
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Hear, hear!
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The difference between appeasement
and surrender is merely a matter of time
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and perhaps 10,000 more young lives
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wasted for no reason.
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Go on.
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Two guineas.
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Sweet Prospero,
why hast thou forsaken me?
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Brave in the House,
but at the table a mouse.
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Your Grace, you know these merchant boys
are richer than we are.
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Aye. I have ten guineas left.
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So ten it is.
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In or out, Wilberforce?
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- A pencil and paper.
- No, no, no.
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Brooks's Club house rules. No IOUs.
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Amongst gentlemen, perhaps,
but Wilberforce is a tradesman.
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You gamble with what you have with you.
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Wilberforce, will you take my IOU?
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- We split the pot and call it evens.
- To hell with that. Payment in kind.
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There's nothing you have
I'd want, Your Grace.
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Tarleton, fetch my nigger.
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My coach driver.
Go and wake him up and bring him in now.
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I bought a nigger in Port of Spain.
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He eats better than I do,
so he's strong as an ox.
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He'd fetch at least 25 guineas
at the West India Dock.
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The game is over.
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What's wrong, Wilberforce?
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If I hadn't brought the boy to London,
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he'd have been worked to death
in a sugar cane field.
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I saved his miserable life. There.
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I raise the stakes.
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Wilberforce? In the game or out?
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Evening.
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You act as if
you'd never seen slavery before.
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For me it's like arsenic.
Each new tiny dose doubles the effect.
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- You're not afraid of Clarence.
- Because he's the son of the king?
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So, you want "bloody noses
and cracked crowns"?
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- Shakespeare, Henry IV.
- A play about England changing.
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- As it will soon change.
- Only if we change it.
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You don't believe you and I
could change things?
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I would change myself first.
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Do you remember, Billy, at Cambridge
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I had a reputation
as something of a singer?
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I do remember.
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So I think I'm going to go
and sing them a song.
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Silence!
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Silence!
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You sound like a chorus
of bloody tomcats.
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Now, let me introduce you to somebody
who does it properly.
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I dedicate this song
to my honourable friend,
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His Grace, the Duke of Clarence.
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It was written by my old preacher.
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He was captain of a slave ship
for 20 years.
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He repented his sins
and then he wrote this song.
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♪ Amazing Grace
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- ♪ How sweet the sound
- Times are hard for the militant boys!
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♪ That saved a wretch
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♪ Like me
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♪ I once was lost
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♪ But now am found
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♪ Was blind
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♪ But now
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♪ I see ♪
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Dear God, I know this is utterly absurd,
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but I feel I have to meet you in secret.
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Sorry to interrupt, sir.
There is a beggar at the kitchen door.
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I would turn him away, sir,
but you insisted I always check.
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Just give him breakfast.
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Very good, sir.
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- Richard?
- Sir?
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I know that lying down on the wet grass
is not a normal thing to do.
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None of my business, sir.
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Truth is, uh...
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...I've been even more strange
than usual lately, haven't I?
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It's God.
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I have 10,000
engagements of state today,
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but I would prefer to spend the day
getting a wet arse,
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studying dandelions
and marvelling at bloody spiders' webs.
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You've found God, sir?
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I think he found me.
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Do you have any idea
how inconvenient that is,
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how idiotic it will sound?
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I've a political career
glittering ahead of me
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and in my heart I want spiders' webs.
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"It is a sad fate for a man to die
too well-known to everybody else
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and still unknown to himself."
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Francis Bacon.
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I don't just dust your books, sir.
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When I was 15,
I almost ran away with the circus.
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They said I could have been an acrobat.
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- Good morning, Mr Pitt.
- Morning.
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Excuse me, sir.
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You read my letter.
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The man who wrote that letter
was not you.
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It was written by some wild preacher man
that has gotten into your head.
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No.
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- So did he reply?
- Who
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God. You were going to ask God whether
you should take up politics or religion.
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You're always too direct, Billy.
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I urgently need to know
where your heart lies, Wilber.
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- What's urgent?
- I...
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I'm planning to become prime minister.
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- Some day.
- No, I mean soon. Very soon.
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Thanks to your performances in
the House, Fox and North will resign.
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Lord Rockingham
will become prime minister.
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Lord Rockingham's health is not good.
When he dies, I will make my move.
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- You've worked it all out.
- I want you beside me, Wilber.
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All the way.
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You've read my letter
but not taken in a word.
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I would have you in my government
in whichever capacity you choose.
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Billy, no one of our age
has ever taken power.
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Which is why we're too young to realise
that certain things are impossible.
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So we will do them anyway.
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I need an answer, Wilber.
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Do you intend to use
your beautiful voice to praise the Lord
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or change the world?
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Here. Cut this, will you?
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- I've got too much to do.
- You take care of them.
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Any more flour?
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- I can't!
- Put your elbow into it.
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Marjorie, Mr Wilberforce
is on his way down.
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Marjorie, I'm expecting
some people for dinner.
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Marjorie? Marjorie?
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- She's been run off her feet, sir.
- How so?
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Well, take today, for example.
You have 25 guests for lunch.
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Do I?
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If you remember, you decided
to reward various volunteers
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who worked for some
quite precariously financed charities.
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Some brought deserving children.
Others brought less deserving relatives.
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- I really should get some sort of...
- Diary, sir. Yes. Or more cooks.
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Go on! Go on!
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Is that the appetiser?
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No, that's His Grace,
the Duke of Clarence.
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Wilberforce, the Reverend John Ramsay.
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Reverend.
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Edward Hope.
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And Michael Shaw. Both friends.
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- This is Olaudah Equiano.
- Mr Equiano. Please.
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- You've travelled far to be here?
- No distance would be too great.
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- And this is Hannah Moore.
- Mr Wilberforce.
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Who has travelled
all the way from Clapham.
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Finally, let me introduce
Mr Thomas Clarkson.
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Beautiful house. Sweet little rabbit.
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It's a hare, actually.
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Please.
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So come on. Who are they?
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Why don't you ask them?
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00:25:28,955 --> 00:25:33,543
Well, I hope the goose is tender.
She was rather old.
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I find the older I get,
the more tender I become.
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So, Miss Moore, you live in Clapham.
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I hear it's very tranquil there.
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When certain issues are raised
amongst my friends and I,
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it is anything but tranquil.
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00:25:54,862 --> 00:25:58,365
Ah. And, uh, which issues are those?
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Issues regarding
the making of a better world.
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Better in which way?
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00:26:04,248 --> 00:26:08,544
If you make the world better in one way,
it becomes better in every way.
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Don't you think?
264
00:26:13,301 --> 00:26:16,720
Mr Equiano, what business
brings you to London?
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My business in London is you,
Mr Wilberforce.
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00:26:20,226 --> 00:26:23,771
What? You wish
to discuss something with me?
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00:26:23,772 --> 00:26:26,691
No. We do not want to talk
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because we hear that you are a man
who doesn't believe what he hears
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until he sees it with his own eyes.
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These are for the legs.
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These for the arms.
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This is for the neck.
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Works like so.
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When the slaves leave port in Africa,
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they're locked into a space
four foot by 18 inches.
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They have no sanitation,
very little food, stagnant water.
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Their waste and blood fills the holes
within three days and is never emptied.
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These irons and chains are to keep them
from throwing themselves overboard.
279
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The chains are not unlocked until
you reach the plantation in Jamaica.
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00:27:49,626 --> 00:27:53,560
Around half of the slaves
are dead already.
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00:27:54,215 --> 00:27:57,510
In the markets, they stuff knotted rope
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into the anuses of those who are sick
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to disguise the dysentery.
284
00:28:04,185 --> 00:28:10,330
When you reach the plantation,
they put irons to the fire...
285
00:28:11,152 --> 00:28:13,542
...and do this.
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To let you know that you no longer
belong to God, but to a man.
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Mr Wilberforce, we understand
you're having problems
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choosing whether to do the work of God
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or the work of a political activist.
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00:28:35,306 --> 00:28:40,700
We humbly suggest that you can do both.
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You planned this.
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00:29:10,850 --> 00:29:13,518
I've seen the literature
you've been reading.
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00:29:13,519 --> 00:29:16,772
You've stooped to searching
through my desk?
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00:29:16,773 --> 00:29:21,708
Sir William Dolben told me you'd asked
to be shown round the East India Docks.
295
00:29:26,744 --> 00:29:31,540
So, you would use my private concerns
for your own political ends.
296
00:29:31,541 --> 00:29:34,849
Yes, exactly that.
297
00:29:38,425 --> 00:29:42,220
The principles of Christianity
lead to action as well as meditation.
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Allow me to meditate on it
before I decide on any action.
299
00:29:45,600 --> 00:29:49,604
Just think about this, Wilber.
300
00:29:49,605 --> 00:29:53,580
The slave trade
has 300 MPs in its pocket.
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It would be just you against them.
302
00:29:58,741 --> 00:30:00,705
But you could do it.
303
00:30:02,786 --> 00:30:05,296
You would do it.
304
00:30:25,768 --> 00:30:28,784
Oh, stop moaning.
305
00:30:32,735 --> 00:30:35,334
Excuse me, sir.
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00:30:36,740 --> 00:30:39,826
Do you have a penny
for a boy that went to fight the Yanks
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00:30:39,827 --> 00:30:41,643
and came back half a man?
308
00:30:59,142 --> 00:31:02,116
Hello, Mr Newton. It's me, William.
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00:31:03,522 --> 00:31:06,121
Hello, John. How are you?
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Hello, John. It's me, Wilber.
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00:31:14,411 --> 00:31:17,009
I'm here to seek your...
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00:31:32,892 --> 00:31:36,603
The beggar at the door
assures me that I'm now old enough
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00:31:36,604 --> 00:31:39,537
to call you John.
314
00:31:43,655 --> 00:31:46,282
You're dressing very simply these days.
315
00:31:46,283 --> 00:31:51,997
I'm a simple man. I try to pretend I am
a monk, but I don't have the willpower.
316
00:31:51,998 --> 00:31:55,668
I'm a monk Mondays, Wednesdays...
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00:31:55,669 --> 00:32:00,800
When I read your name in the papers,
doing these great things,
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00:32:00,801 --> 00:32:04,012
I still see a tiny boy
with his hair a mess
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00:32:04,013 --> 00:32:07,112
and ink on his fingers.
320
00:32:09,144 --> 00:32:14,024
So, what do you want
with an old creature?
321
00:32:14,025 --> 00:32:16,861
I'm here to seek your advice.
322
00:32:16,862 --> 00:32:20,657
When you were a child,
you used to ask God for advice.
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00:32:20,658 --> 00:32:24,829
Then I grew up. And grew foolish.
324
00:32:24,830 --> 00:32:27,262
And now?
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00:32:29,502 --> 00:32:33,590
Now... slowly, my faith is returning.
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00:32:33,591 --> 00:32:36,427
How slowly?
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00:32:36,428 --> 00:32:39,931
No bolts of lightning.
328
00:32:39,932 --> 00:32:46,063
God sometimes does his work
with gentle drizzle, not storms.
329
00:32:46,064 --> 00:32:50,666
Drip... drip... drip.
330
00:32:53,198 --> 00:32:56,660
My friend William Pitt
has declared an interest in me.
331
00:32:56,661 --> 00:32:58,675
William who?
332
00:33:00,081 --> 00:33:02,583
He's offering me a place in the world.
333
00:33:02,584 --> 00:33:07,102
Just make sure you're in the world,
not of the world.
334
00:33:07,841 --> 00:33:11,803
There'd be no escape from power
once I have it.
335
00:33:11,804 --> 00:33:15,988
- I would have to see things through.
- Why wouldn't you?
336
00:33:21,941 --> 00:33:25,249
Are you contemplating
a life of solitude?
337
00:33:28,950 --> 00:33:31,744
Wilber, you have work to do.
338
00:33:31,745 --> 00:33:36,124
Besides, people like you too much
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00:33:36,125 --> 00:33:38,544
to let you live a life of solitude.
340
00:33:38,545 --> 00:33:40,630
Haven't you chosen solitude?
341
00:33:40,631 --> 00:33:46,567
You, of all people,
should know I can never be alone.
342
00:33:46,847 --> 00:33:49,612
There now.
343
00:33:51,102 --> 00:33:55,620
- There now what?
- You're the reason I came.
344
00:33:56,358 --> 00:34:01,948
You told me that you live
in the company of 20,000 ghosts.
345
00:34:01,949 --> 00:34:05,590
The ghosts of slaves.
346
00:34:07,622 --> 00:34:11,835
I was explaining to a child
347
00:34:11,836 --> 00:34:18,106
why a grown man cowers in a dark corner.
348
00:34:24,977 --> 00:34:27,229
I need you to tell me about them.
349
00:34:27,230 --> 00:34:30,746
I'm not strong enough
to hear my own confession.
350
00:34:32,069 --> 00:34:35,864
- I thought time might have changed you.
- It has. I'm older.
351
00:34:35,865 --> 00:34:39,869
Pitt has asked me
to take them on, the slavers.
352
00:34:39,870 --> 00:34:42,914
I'm the last person
you should come to for advice.
353
00:34:42,915 --> 00:34:45,501
I can't even say the name
of any of my ships
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00:34:45,502 --> 00:34:48,838
without being back
on board them in my head.
355
00:34:48,839 --> 00:34:54,178
All I know is 20,000 slaves live
with me in this little church.
356
00:34:54,179 --> 00:34:58,558
- There's still blood on my hands.
- Will you help me, John?
357
00:34:58,559 --> 00:35:01,354
I can't help you.
358
00:35:01,355 --> 00:35:05,484
But do it, Wilber. Do it.
359
00:35:05,485 --> 00:35:09,614
Take them on. Blow their dirty,
filthy ships out of the water.
360
00:35:09,615 --> 00:35:12,450
The planters, sugar barons,
361
00:35:12,451 --> 00:35:16,580
Alderman "Sugar Cane",
the Lord Mayor of London.
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00:35:16,581 --> 00:35:19,876
Liverpool, Boston, Bristol, New York.
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00:35:19,877 --> 00:35:26,189
All their streets running
with blood, dysentery, puke!
364
00:35:26,886 --> 00:35:30,848
You won't come away
from those streets clean, Wilber.
365
00:35:30,849 --> 00:35:34,519
You'll get filthy with it,
you'll dream it,
366
00:35:34,520 --> 00:35:37,606
see it in broad daylight.
367
00:35:37,607 --> 00:35:42,584
But do it. For God's sake.
368
00:35:48,621 --> 00:35:52,387
Sir, I have Mr Thomas Clarkson.
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00:35:56,505 --> 00:35:59,855
Forgive me.
Mr Wilberforce was here a moment ago.
370
00:36:00,343 --> 00:36:03,359
I'd better go and find him.
371
00:36:22,579 --> 00:36:26,220
- Good afternoon.
- Sorry if I alarmed you.
372
00:36:27,835 --> 00:36:32,228
I had this box made up in the
exact dimensions of a slave berth.
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00:36:33,384 --> 00:36:38,068
I thought you could use it
in your practical demonstrations.
374
00:36:40,225 --> 00:36:45,202
Why did you wait until your butler
had left before you got out of the box?
375
00:36:46,024 --> 00:36:49,082
They all think I'm mad already.
376
00:36:50,988 --> 00:36:54,659
As will most people
in the House of Commons
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00:36:54,660 --> 00:36:58,009
when I present my bill.
378
00:37:04,046 --> 00:37:07,090
Wilberforce, conditions in Jamaica
379
00:37:07,091 --> 00:37:10,553
are far more brutal
than I could have imagined.
380
00:37:10,554 --> 00:37:15,976
Many children are scalded to death
by the molten lava.
381
00:37:15,977 --> 00:37:21,608
Others die of exhaustion
or roll into the fires in their sleep.
382
00:37:21,609 --> 00:37:26,814
The result in the morning
is a few pounds of pure, refined sugar.
383
00:37:29,827 --> 00:37:33,511
Wilberforce, are you all right?
384
00:37:35,751 --> 00:37:38,350
Sit up for me.
385
00:37:40,757 --> 00:37:43,356
Here, drink this.
386
00:37:49,435 --> 00:37:54,148
- What happened?
- I read James's letter from Jamaica.
387
00:37:54,149 --> 00:37:58,208
When I fell asleep,
it was as if I were living inside it.
388
00:37:59,447 --> 00:38:03,576
Perhaps the laudanum
the doctor gave you is badly mixed.
389
00:38:03,577 --> 00:38:06,092
I know the effects of opium, Henry.
390
00:38:06,664 --> 00:38:10,459
- This isn't the medication.
- What, then?
391
00:38:10,460 --> 00:38:13,977
I was chosen for this task and I failed.
392
00:38:16,009 --> 00:38:21,515
Some part of me does not accept
the idea that I've given up.
393
00:38:21,516 --> 00:38:25,032
- I'll dilute this.
- Can you dilute what I feel?
394
00:38:27,648 --> 00:38:32,403
You've given your youth
and your health for this cause.
395
00:38:32,404 --> 00:38:35,962
It's time to let someone else try.
396
00:38:56,350 --> 00:39:00,354
So, Mr Wilberforce...
397
00:39:00,355 --> 00:39:03,371
...I understand you have
an interest in botany.
398
00:39:05,903 --> 00:39:10,241
Botany, Miss Spooner? Whatever gives you
the idea that I might be interested
399
00:39:10,242 --> 00:39:13,174
in something as tedious as botany?
400
00:39:26,720 --> 00:39:31,572
Sorry. It's a private joke.
401
00:39:37,358 --> 00:39:41,654
Now, Wilber, I know
you're not interested in botany,
402
00:39:41,655 --> 00:39:47,578
but there's a fascinating creeping ivy
up the far end of the garden.
403
00:39:47,579 --> 00:39:50,834
Barbara, you really must
go and see it too.
404
00:39:50,835 --> 00:39:53,374
Go on.
405
00:39:59,340 --> 00:40:02,757
To irritate them,
let's pretend to argue.
406
00:40:02,758 --> 00:40:05,484
- What about?
- Something we disagree on.
407
00:40:05,485 --> 00:40:07,681
Think of something.
408
00:40:07,682 --> 00:40:10,338
The war in France.
409
00:40:11,056 --> 00:40:15,070
I think we should settle
with Napoleon right now.
410
00:40:15,071 --> 00:40:18,359
So do I. Schools.
411
00:40:18,360 --> 00:40:21,403
I'm a member of your movement
for free education.
412
00:40:21,404 --> 00:40:25,364
I agreed with every word you said
on the Dales factory debate.
413
00:40:25,365 --> 00:40:27,963
You read every word?
414
00:40:28,909 --> 00:40:31,818
- No.
- Neither did I.
415
00:40:33,746 --> 00:40:37,998
- Gin.
- Replace it in the cities with beer.
416
00:40:37,999 --> 00:40:39,638
Absolutely.
417
00:40:42,044 --> 00:40:44,920
I'm definitely alone
in my opinions about animals.
418
00:40:44,921 --> 00:40:48,047
No. I joined your society
for the prevention of cruelty.
419
00:40:48,048 --> 00:40:52,133
Well, I'm extreme. I have a pet fox,
a pet rat and a crow that can't fly.
420
00:40:52,134 --> 00:40:54,802
I used to have a pet hare,
but it died of kindness.
421
00:40:54,803 --> 00:40:57,887
America.
422
00:40:57,888 --> 00:41:01,973
We must reassess the power
of the collective political process.
423
00:41:01,974 --> 00:41:03,183
Agreed.
424
00:41:03,184 --> 00:41:05,601
Oh, and, of course,
we are agreed on slavery.
425
00:41:05,602 --> 00:41:09,395
I'm against flowers in church.
What do you say to that?
426
00:41:09,396 --> 00:41:11,994
I am for them.
427
00:41:13,274 --> 00:41:15,872
As am I.
428
00:41:18,403 --> 00:41:21,251
I shouldn't talk about the slave trade?
429
00:41:21,405 --> 00:41:24,239
I've spent so many years
talking about it.
430
00:41:24,240 --> 00:41:26,741
So, what are a few more minutes?
431
00:41:26,742 --> 00:41:29,243
When Mr Pitt
first became prime minister,
432
00:41:29,244 --> 00:41:33,704
the two of you were like meteorites
shooting through our imagination.
433
00:41:33,705 --> 00:41:37,874
- Whose imaginations?
- Girls my age.
434
00:41:37,875 --> 00:41:40,126
You stopped taking sugar in your tea?
435
00:41:40,127 --> 00:41:43,044
I wore an abolition badge
made by Josiah Wedgwood.
436
00:41:43,045 --> 00:41:45,088
He was a good friend to us.
437
00:41:45,089 --> 00:41:49,215
And I travelled 30 miles in the rain
to hear Thomas Clarkson speak.
438
00:41:49,216 --> 00:41:52,551
- Did he deafen you?
- He opened my eyes.
439
00:41:52,552 --> 00:41:55,053
- I met the African.
- Equiano.
440
00:41:55,054 --> 00:41:59,223
He came to town with a hundred copies
of his book. They sold in an hour.
441
00:41:59,224 --> 00:42:02,100
- You signed our petitions.
- A hundred times.
442
00:42:02,101 --> 00:42:06,728
A hundred times. Three million names,
a million candles to read them by.
443
00:42:06,729 --> 00:42:10,105
- Must have been so exciting.
- Exciting?
444
00:42:10,106 --> 00:42:13,441
It seemed that every spring
the daffodils came out,
445
00:42:13,442 --> 00:42:15,860
every summer the cherries ripened
446
00:42:15,861 --> 00:42:19,904
and every autumn William Wilberforce
would present his bill to the House.
447
00:42:19,905 --> 00:42:22,114
- And still...
- And still...?
448
00:42:22,115 --> 00:42:25,200
And still, after all the badges,
the petitions,
449
00:42:25,201 --> 00:42:27,243
all the speeches and the bills,
450
00:42:27,244 --> 00:42:33,093
ships full of human souls in chains
sail around the world as cargo!
451
00:42:52,345 --> 00:42:54,400
I'm sorry.
452
00:43:00,017 --> 00:43:04,199
- This is why I shouldn't talk about it.
- I think you should.
453
00:43:06,897 --> 00:43:11,454
There. We've found something
we disagree on.
454
00:43:26,036 --> 00:43:30,288
"Am I not a man
whose soul is drawn to heaven
455
00:43:30,289 --> 00:43:33,790
like water
from the dark well of Africa?"
456
00:43:33,791 --> 00:43:35,763
From Equiano's book.
457
00:43:36,710 --> 00:43:40,016
He was a man like no other.
458
00:43:41,046 --> 00:43:44,519
Please, tell me about him.
459
00:43:51,512 --> 00:43:53,763
It seems to me
460
00:43:53,764 --> 00:43:59,197
that if there is a bad taste
in your mouth, you spit it out.
461
00:43:59,601 --> 00:44:03,074
You don't constantly swallow it back.
462
00:44:13,153 --> 00:44:16,529
Not long after I first met him,
463
00:44:16,530 --> 00:44:20,198
he asked me to come
to the East India Dock.
464
00:44:20,199 --> 00:44:23,284
He said there was a ship I should see.
465
00:44:23,285 --> 00:44:26,299
A ship he knew well.
466
00:44:30,999 --> 00:44:33,304
Mr Equiano.
467
00:44:36,086 --> 00:44:38,933
This way.
468
00:44:43,966 --> 00:44:46,133
Thank you, sir.
469
00:44:46,134 --> 00:44:49,899
- Hello.
- Sweetheart.
470
00:45:14,363 --> 00:45:17,739
They make you lie in this space.
471
00:45:17,740 --> 00:45:22,951
The shackles dislocate
your hip or your shoulder.
472
00:45:22,952 --> 00:45:26,300
You are in pain
all the way around the world.
473
00:45:38,755 --> 00:45:41,006
How long is the journey?
474
00:45:41,007 --> 00:45:44,438
Three weeks, if the weather is good.
475
00:45:46,969 --> 00:45:51,221
For amusement, they sometimes
hang the women from these,
476
00:45:51,222 --> 00:45:54,237
by the ankles, to rape them.
477
00:45:56,018 --> 00:45:59,269
In stormy weather,
they take the very sickest
478
00:45:59,270 --> 00:46:03,952
and throw them into the sea
to lighten the ship's load.
479
00:46:09,777 --> 00:46:11,820
How did you survive?
480
00:46:11,821 --> 00:46:16,753
Your life is a thread.
It breaks or it doesn't break.
481
00:46:18,659 --> 00:46:21,326
Before I travelled in a ship like this,
482
00:46:21,327 --> 00:46:26,260
I was a prince,
in many ways not unlike you.
483
00:46:41,342 --> 00:46:44,009
It was a beautiful day like no other,
484
00:46:44,010 --> 00:46:47,233
the last day I saw my home in Africa.
485
00:46:52,224 --> 00:46:54,475
It is with a heavy heart
486
00:46:54,476 --> 00:46:57,185
that I bring to the attention
of this House
487
00:46:57,186 --> 00:47:02,147
a trade which degrades men
to the level of brutes
488
00:47:02,148 --> 00:47:08,068
and insults the highest qualities
of our common nature.
489
00:47:08,069 --> 00:47:11,520
I am speaking of... the slave trade.
490
00:47:16,408 --> 00:47:19,701
I know that many
of my honourable friends in this House
491
00:47:19,702 --> 00:47:22,829
have interests in the Indies.
492
00:47:22,830 --> 00:47:27,790
Others have investments in plantations.
Others are ship owners.
493
00:47:27,791 --> 00:47:31,543
And I believe them
to be men of humanity.
494
00:47:31,544 --> 00:47:35,337
I believe you all to be men of humanity.
495
00:47:35,338 --> 00:47:37,798
If the wretchedness of any one
496
00:47:37,799 --> 00:47:40,883
Of the many hundreds of slaves
stowed in their ships
497
00:47:40,884 --> 00:47:45,233
could be brought to view...
498
00:47:48,056 --> 00:47:50,640
Order! Order!
499
00:47:50,641 --> 00:47:54,434
I can hardly believe my ears.
500
00:47:54,435 --> 00:47:59,104
We can hardly believe your mouth.
501
00:47:59,105 --> 00:48:04,984
It seems my young friend opposite
has a long-term strategy
502
00:48:04,985 --> 00:48:07,894
to destroy the very nation
that spawned him.
503
00:48:11,031 --> 00:48:16,867
While I was in Virginia losing
my fingers in battle with the Americans,
504
00:48:16,868 --> 00:48:20,745
he was busy appeasing them.
505
00:48:20,746 --> 00:48:27,471
Now he would hand over the riches
of the Indies to the bloody French!
506
00:48:33,213 --> 00:48:39,550
If... If we didn't have slaves,
there would be no plantations.
507
00:48:39,551 --> 00:48:45,513
And with no plantations, how would we
fill the coffers of the king?
508
00:48:45,514 --> 00:48:50,641
Does my honourable friend
509
00:48:50,642 --> 00:48:54,894
really believe
that if we left off the trade,
510
00:48:54,895 --> 00:49:00,932
the French wouldn't immediately step
into our place and reap the rewards?
511
00:49:12,241 --> 00:49:15,909
All this food. There's only
a handful of people in there.
512
00:49:15,910 --> 00:49:19,120
He's an optimist. Completely incurable.
513
00:49:19,121 --> 00:49:22,747
Our defeat in the House today
was not unexpected.
514
00:49:22,748 --> 00:49:25,499
But our intention
was to flush out the opposition
515
00:49:25,500 --> 00:49:28,460
and discover how many people
would support us.
516
00:49:28,461 --> 00:49:31,712
Yes, well, we certainly found out
who our friends are.
517
00:49:31,713 --> 00:49:34,047
All 16 of them.
518
00:49:34,048 --> 00:49:38,175
I... I sent a note of thanks
to everyone who voted for us.
519
00:49:38,176 --> 00:49:40,218
How sweet of you.
520
00:49:40,219 --> 00:49:42,887
Some of us know
how to take defeat graciously.
521
00:49:42,888 --> 00:49:47,307
- Something to with with breeding?
- On this occasion, it probably is.
522
00:49:47,308 --> 00:49:51,685
Everything that is said at this meeting
is being taken down for our records.
523
00:49:51,686 --> 00:49:54,729
My friend James Stephen
has agreed to be our secretary.
524
00:49:54,730 --> 00:49:56,410
You were saying?
525
00:49:58,065 --> 00:50:03,735
As you can see, not many MPs
have responded to our invitation.
526
00:50:03,736 --> 00:50:07,906
Indeed, outside my own family,
there is only one: Sir William Dolben.
527
00:50:07,907 --> 00:50:11,212
Sir William, what brings you
to this gathering?
528
00:50:12,533 --> 00:50:18,949
I recently took passage from
Sierra Leone aboard a slave ship.
529
00:50:18,950 --> 00:50:22,671
What I saw during those 15 days...
530
00:50:24,159 --> 00:50:28,575
But I believe there are plenty of others
in the House who share your feelings.
531
00:50:28,576 --> 00:50:31,409
- They're just afraid to show it.
- Shame on them!
532
00:50:31,410 --> 00:50:36,367
No shame. No shame. Were I the
representative of a port city,
533
00:50:36,368 --> 00:50:41,826
how could I tell those whom I represent
that I'm voting to end their livelihood?
534
00:50:41,827 --> 00:50:44,452
Exactly so.
535
00:50:44,453 --> 00:50:47,035
How can human beings be commerce?
536
00:50:47,036 --> 00:50:52,744
- It's exactly this pursuit of lofty...
- Nothing lofty about simple humanity.
537
00:50:52,745 --> 00:50:55,341
Please!
538
00:51:00,704 --> 00:51:04,954
Perhaps we should begin this journey
with the first step.
539
00:51:04,955 --> 00:51:08,579
We are talking about the truth.
540
00:51:08,580 --> 00:51:12,955
So we should hand it out to people.
Drop it from church roofs.
541
00:51:12,956 --> 00:51:18,080
Paint pictures of it. Write songs
about it. Make bloody pies out of it.
542
00:51:18,081 --> 00:51:20,164
Go on.
543
00:51:20,165 --> 00:51:23,289
There is a slave ship at dock in Tilbury
544
00:51:23,290 --> 00:51:25,914
with twice the slave berths
it is insured for.
545
00:51:25,915 --> 00:51:30,040
I know that for a fact.
But how do we prove it?
546
00:51:30,041 --> 00:51:31,804
Wilber.
547
00:51:34,666 --> 00:51:37,679
- Dear God.
- Well, almost.
548
00:51:42,459 --> 00:51:48,459
I've spent 18 months being torn apart
by you in the House, Mr Wilberforce.
549
00:51:48,460 --> 00:51:53,139
I thought I'd find out
what it feels like to be on your side.
550
00:51:54,044 --> 00:51:59,348
I see you've got plenty of food.
Any of you saints drink?
551
00:52:05,628 --> 00:52:08,641
Well, this one bloody does.
552
00:52:14,837 --> 00:52:17,475
Thank you very much.
553
00:52:27,797 --> 00:52:29,755
Agh!
554
00:52:29,756 --> 00:52:33,644
Not fair! Not fair.
555
00:52:34,673 --> 00:52:37,214
I'm not well. My belly.
556
00:52:37,215 --> 00:52:40,228
What's wrong with your belly?
557
00:52:41,549 --> 00:52:43,548
Oh!
558
00:52:43,549 --> 00:52:46,715
Besides, you're prime minister.
559
00:52:46,716 --> 00:52:49,007
It is my ministerial duty
to let you win.
560
00:52:49,008 --> 00:52:53,187
So, what will we do with Fox?
561
00:52:54,217 --> 00:52:58,091
- Put him in a box?
- Let him throw the heavy rocks.
562
00:52:58,092 --> 00:53:02,855
- Provide the shocks.
- Put Lord Tarleton in the stocks.
563
00:53:04,801 --> 00:53:07,092
Oh!
564
00:53:07,093 --> 00:53:10,593
Oh, if the House of Lords could hear
the idiotic way we carry on,
565
00:53:10,594 --> 00:53:14,593
they'd ban anyone under the age of 30
from holding high office ever again.
566
00:53:14,594 --> 00:53:20,677
Well, at least with Fox on board,
the world will know we mean business.
567
00:53:20,678 --> 00:53:23,983
The world doesn't know yet.
568
00:53:24,262 --> 00:53:28,108
Nor will it, not until we're ready.
569
00:53:29,179 --> 00:53:32,553
You were born for this, Wilber.
570
00:53:32,554 --> 00:53:35,150
Sometimes I get giddy.
571
00:53:37,346 --> 00:53:42,304
Why is it you only feel the thorns
in your feet when you stop running?
572
00:53:42,305 --> 00:53:46,263
Is that some sort of heavy-handed
metaphorical advice for me, Mr Pitt?
573
00:53:46,264 --> 00:53:48,638
Yes, I suppose it is.
574
00:53:48,639 --> 00:53:54,027
We must keep going, keep going fast.
575
00:54:31,352 --> 00:54:33,115
Thank you very much.
576
00:54:57,647 --> 00:55:01,563
Gentlemen, would you stop the music,
please? Thank you.
577
00:55:01,564 --> 00:55:07,105
Ladies and gentlemen, I hope you have
enjoyed our little tour of the estuary.
578
00:55:07,106 --> 00:55:11,856
But now our sojourn is almost over,
I have a confession to make.
579
00:55:11,857 --> 00:55:15,648
This trip wasn't purely arranged
to reward those MPs
580
00:55:15,649 --> 00:55:22,120
who have supported me in the past year,
nor am I the only sponsor.
581
00:55:24,983 --> 00:55:27,274
- What's he doing?
- Ladies and gentleman,
582
00:55:27,275 --> 00:55:32,163
this is a slave ship. The Madagascar.
583
00:55:33,192 --> 00:55:35,442
It has just returned from the Indies
584
00:55:35,443 --> 00:55:41,734
where it delivered 200 men,
women and children to Jamaica.
585
00:55:41,735 --> 00:55:47,748
When it left Africa,
there were 600 on board.
586
00:55:48,861 --> 00:55:52,935
The rest died of disease or despair.
587
00:55:55,778 --> 00:56:00,708
That smell is the smell of death.
588
00:56:01,362 --> 00:56:04,708
Slow, painful death.
589
00:56:06,404 --> 00:56:10,876
Breathe it in. Breathe it deeply.
590
00:56:11,905 --> 00:56:16,085
Take those handkerchiefs
away from your noses.
591
00:56:16,614 --> 00:56:19,418
There, now.
592
00:56:20,281 --> 00:56:23,489
Remember that smell.
593
00:56:23,490 --> 00:56:26,322
Remember the Madagascar.
594
00:56:26,323 --> 00:56:31,170
Remember that God made men equal.
595
00:56:35,616 --> 00:56:39,032
All that winter,
we spread out across the country
596
00:56:39,033 --> 00:56:41,532
gathering evidence for Parliament.
597
00:56:41,533 --> 00:56:45,199
Thomas rode to Bristol,
Liverpool, Plymouth,
598
00:56:45,200 --> 00:56:47,908
talking to men
who'd worked the slave ships,
599
00:56:47,909 --> 00:56:50,742
ships' doctors who'd treated them,
600
00:56:50,743 --> 00:56:54,339
slaves themselves
who'd been whipped and branded.
601
00:56:54,951 --> 00:56:59,548
Equiano published his account
of his years as a slave.
602
00:57:02,285 --> 00:57:05,465
He sold 50,000 copies in two months.
603
00:57:14,537 --> 00:57:16,703
Spare a coin, sir?
604
00:57:16,704 --> 00:57:22,800
Our supporters began to only buy sugar
produced without slaves in India.
605
00:57:23,204 --> 00:57:26,995
Or they stopped using sugar altogether.
606
00:57:26,996 --> 00:57:29,162
It seemed our message was everywhere.
607
00:57:29,163 --> 00:57:33,968
At least now there was hope. Real hope.
608
00:57:34,664 --> 00:57:37,455
We had a year to collect enough evidence
609
00:57:37,456 --> 00:57:41,122
to convince Parliament of our case.
610
00:57:41,123 --> 00:57:45,664
The planters and the ship owners
began to spread rumours about us.
611
00:57:45,665 --> 00:57:50,623
They called us seditious, secretly
working to bring down the government.
612
00:57:50,624 --> 00:57:53,498
Clarkson sat in a coach to Birmingham
613
00:57:53,499 --> 00:57:58,179
and overheard someone claim
that I'd secretly married a slave woman.
614
00:58:04,084 --> 00:58:09,833
But the weight of our hope
made it all seem like glorious infamy.
615
00:58:09,834 --> 00:58:13,472
How long have you been taking laudanum?
616
00:58:16,377 --> 00:58:19,598
I recognise its presence.
617
00:58:27,545 --> 00:58:32,753
My illness and my crusade
were born around the same time.
618
00:58:32,754 --> 00:58:35,516
What is your illness?
619
00:58:36,004 --> 00:58:39,170
The doctors tell me it's called colitis.
620
00:58:39,171 --> 00:58:42,670
They don't really understand it,
but I do.
621
00:58:42,671 --> 00:58:45,087
You see, sometimes my stomach
622
00:58:45,088 --> 00:58:48,504
gets bored of being a stomach
and decides it's a sailing ship.
623
00:58:48,505 --> 00:58:52,213
Then my heart gets jealous
and decides it wants to be a see-saw.
624
00:58:52,214 --> 00:58:55,422
And before you know it,
my lungs are arguing with one another
625
00:58:55,423 --> 00:58:58,289
whether to be lungs
or sponges full of seawater.
626
00:59:00,423 --> 00:59:04,839
Well, at least that's what I tell
my nieces and nephews.
627
00:59:04,840 --> 00:59:07,520
Marianne tells me you like children.
628
00:59:10,716 --> 00:59:12,965
My poor father almost went mad
629
00:59:12,966 --> 00:59:16,396
when I told him
I'd stopped taking sugar in my tea.
630
00:59:17,342 --> 00:59:20,841
I was 14,
631
00:59:20,842 --> 00:59:24,480
reading your name in the papers,
willing you to win.
632
00:59:25,218 --> 00:59:31,439
I told my friends there was actual
slave blood in every lump of sugar.
633
00:59:37,302 --> 00:59:40,232
Has this been so painful to talk about?
634
00:59:40,886 --> 00:59:45,386
It's only painful to talk about
because we haven't changed anything.
635
00:59:45,387 --> 00:59:48,441
But, unlike the slaves,
I have opium for my pain.
636
00:59:50,637 --> 00:59:52,525
Begging your pardon, sir.
637
00:59:54,471 --> 00:59:57,387
I thought everyone was in bed.
638
00:59:57,388 --> 01:00:00,596
She brings the breakfasts.
What time is it?
639
01:00:00,597 --> 01:00:02,484
Does it matter?
640
01:00:16,890 --> 01:00:20,517
That year we should have won.
641
01:00:20,518 --> 01:00:25,825
With the evidence we had collected,
by natural justice we should have won.
642
01:00:27,314 --> 01:00:31,566
Winds blow ships
from Africa to the Indies naturally,
643
01:00:31,567 --> 01:00:35,207
as if the route were blessed by God.
644
01:00:35,945 --> 01:00:38,863
Another argument in defence of the trade
645
01:00:38,864 --> 01:00:45,243
is that the Newfoundland
fishing industry is kept afloat
646
01:00:45,244 --> 01:00:50,163
by the fact that slaves
in the West Indies
647
01:00:50,164 --> 01:00:53,957
consume that part of the fish
648
01:00:53,958 --> 01:00:57,826
which is fit for no other consumption.
649
01:00:59,379 --> 01:01:01,838
I do feel that if my honourable friend
650
01:01:01,839 --> 01:01:06,508
continues to scrape the bottom
of the barrel for objections,
651
01:01:06,509 --> 01:01:10,043
he is in danger of getting splinters
under his fingernails.
652
01:01:11,971 --> 01:01:14,597
Now, if I may continue
with my argument...
653
01:01:14,598 --> 01:01:18,308
As representative
of the great and flourishing
654
01:01:18,309 --> 01:01:20,559
commercial town of Liverpool,
655
01:01:20,560 --> 01:01:26,147
I must once again remind the House
that we have no evidence
656
01:01:26,148 --> 01:01:30,725
that the Africans themselves
have any objection to the trade.
657
01:01:35,112 --> 01:01:40,815
I have here an account
written by a... Mr Clutterbuck...
658
01:01:41,826 --> 01:01:45,452
...which states
that most slaves in the Indies
659
01:01:45,453 --> 01:01:49,321
have a snug little garden
with plenty of pigs and poultry.
660
01:01:50,582 --> 01:01:56,807
There are many poor families
in Liverpool who do not have as much.
661
01:01:57,545 --> 01:02:00,254
Which... Which is why,
662
01:02:00,255 --> 01:02:05,967
apart from a few mendicant physicians
and itinerant clergymen,
663
01:02:05,968 --> 01:02:09,719
the ordinary people of Britain
are not at all exercised
664
01:02:09,720 --> 01:02:14,181
by the whole issue of slavery.
665
01:02:14,182 --> 01:02:16,850
My honourable friend,
the member for Liverpool,
666
01:02:16,851 --> 01:02:19,727
seeks evidence of people's concern.
667
01:02:19,728 --> 01:02:24,272
In the past year, I and my
itinerant clergymen friends
668
01:02:24,273 --> 01:02:27,120
have been gathering just such evidence.
669
01:02:28,651 --> 01:02:33,737
We have taken a petition calling
for the abolition of the slave trade
670
01:02:33,738 --> 01:02:37,336
to all the great cities of this country.
671
01:02:37,824 --> 01:02:44,091
It has been signed
by over 390,000 people.
672
01:02:53,001 --> 01:02:56,628
However, this petition
is not yet complete.
673
01:02:56,629 --> 01:03:01,436
There is one more person
who wishes to add his name.
674
01:03:13,891 --> 01:03:15,613
Do something.
675
01:03:19,103 --> 01:03:22,396
Mr Speaker,
I humbly request a suspension
676
01:03:22,397 --> 01:03:26,579
while we take time to examine
the signatures on this document.
677
01:03:27,943 --> 01:03:29,985
There is something very provoking
678
01:03:29,986 --> 01:03:32,862
in the calm way
my honourable friend seeks delay.
679
01:03:32,863 --> 01:03:37,824
- Mr Speaker, will he not give way?
- Is the desolation of Africa suspended?
680
01:03:37,825 --> 01:03:40,826
- Please, gentlemen.
- Is the work of death suspended?
681
01:03:40,827 --> 01:03:44,329
- You bring petitions into the House...
- Mr Speaker...
682
01:03:44,330 --> 01:03:48,707
...as if this country should be
governed by the rule of the mob,
683
01:03:48,708 --> 01:03:52,084
- rather than its natural rulers!
- Order!
684
01:03:52,085 --> 01:03:54,920
That roll of paper reeks of rebellion!
685
01:03:54,921 --> 01:03:59,728
No matter how loud you shout, you will
not drown out the voice of the people!
686
01:04:02,551 --> 01:04:04,815
The people?
687
01:04:08,347 --> 01:04:13,549
This session will be suspended
while the petition is examined.
688
01:04:16,644 --> 01:04:19,325
Wilber.
689
01:04:46,207 --> 01:04:49,125
My spies tell me that Tarleton
and Coconut Clarence
690
01:04:49,126 --> 01:04:51,515
have gone to see the Home Secretary.
691
01:04:53,087 --> 01:04:58,048
- What would they want with Lord Dundas?
- He's one of ours, isn't he?
692
01:04:58,049 --> 01:05:01,397
James. James.
693
01:05:01,968 --> 01:05:07,109
- Where does Lord Dundas stand?
- Probable, I think.
694
01:05:07,556 --> 01:05:09,806
We have him down as a probable.
695
01:05:09,807 --> 01:05:13,726
Last year he stopped the deportation
of a Jamaican slave from Scotland,
696
01:05:13,727 --> 01:05:17,700
- so his heart's in the right place.
- Be wary of Dundas.
697
01:05:21,065 --> 01:05:25,122
If he's capable of compassion once,
why not twice?
698
01:05:26,861 --> 01:05:29,407
What damage could he do if he's turned?
699
01:05:29,738 --> 01:05:34,504
He controls the Scottish vote, 34 MPs.
700
01:05:37,535 --> 01:05:40,216
We'll have to have faith
in his integrity.
701
01:05:42,831 --> 01:05:45,428
Integrity?
702
01:05:51,629 --> 01:05:53,184
Where are you going?
703
01:05:53,547 --> 01:05:57,937
To look up the word "integrity"
in Dr Johnson's Dictionary.
704
01:05:59,635 --> 01:06:02,858
Come.
705
01:06:03,554 --> 01:06:07,194
Prime Minister,
Lord Charles Fox to see you.
706
01:06:11,310 --> 01:06:14,741
You look more at home
when doing something devious.
707
01:06:17,147 --> 01:06:22,121
Prime Minister, your friend Wilberforce
doesn't play cards any more.
708
01:06:22,484 --> 01:06:26,528
No. He resigned from all five card clubs
when he saw the light.
709
01:06:26,529 --> 01:06:28,571
Pity. He was good.
710
01:06:28,572 --> 01:06:31,795
Well, I think there's a hand
you should play for him.
711
01:06:33,951 --> 01:06:38,508
- Against whom?
- Someone who stands in his way.
712
01:06:41,414 --> 01:06:44,095
So name him.
713
01:06:54,340 --> 01:06:56,938
Good evening.
714
01:07:05,223 --> 01:07:10,517
Billy, did I not win enough money
from you on Saturday evening?
715
01:07:10,518 --> 01:07:16,410
Really, I have no time for cards.
I have urgent business in the House.
716
01:07:24,445 --> 01:07:30,824
As prime minister, idle gossip collects
around you like scum in slack water.
717
01:07:30,825 --> 01:07:32,783
What have you heard?
718
01:07:32,784 --> 01:07:35,911
Lord Tarleton's throwing
East India Company money
719
01:07:35,912 --> 01:07:39,218
at people who are speaking
against abolition tonight.
720
01:07:40,248 --> 01:07:43,888
Of course, no true friend of mine
would accept such an offer.
721
01:07:46,461 --> 01:07:48,850
I appear to have three jacks.
722
01:07:49,338 --> 01:07:53,215
I've always ensured that
you have been dealt a favourable hand.
723
01:07:53,216 --> 01:07:58,315
- Are you threatening me?
- You are threatening our friendship.
724
01:07:59,220 --> 01:08:02,555
It isn't money that has made me decide
to oppose Wilberforce.
725
01:08:02,556 --> 01:08:04,681
His enemy is my enemy.
726
01:08:04,682 --> 01:08:08,058
You are sleepwalking
hand-in-hand with a bloody rebel.
727
01:08:08,059 --> 01:08:13,200
Wilberforce follows no leader
but the preacher in his head.
728
01:08:14,939 --> 01:08:17,203
How much were you offered?
729
01:08:17,942 --> 01:08:20,109
Keep yourjacks.
730
01:08:20,110 --> 01:08:25,543
The planters still have the king,
and I, at least, am still loyal to him.
731
01:08:26,281 --> 01:08:29,629
Don't force me
to put a pistol to your head.
732
01:08:31,326 --> 01:08:34,786
Well, if you do,
there will be two pistols,
733
01:08:34,787 --> 01:08:37,871
one from each side.
734
01:08:37,872 --> 01:08:43,264
And perhaps if I duck,
you'll shoot each other.
735
01:08:55,802 --> 01:08:58,691
Order.
736
01:08:58,887 --> 01:09:00,693
Order.
737
01:09:04,767 --> 01:09:06,989
First, let me be clear.
738
01:09:07,685 --> 01:09:11,771
After long consideration
and much consultation,
739
01:09:11,772 --> 01:09:16,432
I am in favour
of the abolition of the slave trade.
740
01:09:19,527 --> 01:09:24,154
There's no doubt in my mind
that this trade in human beings
741
01:09:24,155 --> 01:09:30,242
is an almighty calumny
and is a disgrace to this nation.
742
01:09:30,243 --> 01:09:36,580
However... I also take the point
of my honourable friend,
743
01:09:36,581 --> 01:09:38,873
the member for Liverpool.
744
01:09:38,874 --> 01:09:43,585
If we were to outlaw the trade tomorrow,
it would bring financial disaster
745
01:09:43,586 --> 01:09:46,328
to many cities
and industries in this country.
746
01:09:48,923 --> 01:09:54,468
I therefore suggest
a period of reflection.
747
01:09:54,469 --> 01:09:58,012
After a year and a half
of privy council investigations,
748
01:09:58,013 --> 01:10:00,472
what good would it do
to delay the inevitable?
749
01:10:00,473 --> 01:10:05,436
Inevitable? Is my honourable friend
counting the votes before they are cast?
750
01:10:05,437 --> 01:10:08,357
I didn't mean that.
751
01:10:08,358 --> 01:10:13,363
If the trade were to be abolished,
I suggest that we do so gradually.
752
01:10:13,364 --> 01:10:18,257
Violent storms sink ships.
753
01:10:19,162 --> 01:10:22,916
This great ship of state
must not be sunk
754
01:10:22,917 --> 01:10:25,619
by a wave of good intentions.
755
01:10:51,243 --> 01:10:54,258
They are cleverer than us, Thomas.
756
01:10:55,665 --> 01:10:57,554
And yet...
757
01:10:59,336 --> 01:11:02,560
...outside the House of Commons,
the mood is with us.
758
01:11:03,132 --> 01:11:06,690
And what good is that?
759
01:11:07,053 --> 01:11:10,278
I have friends in France.
760
01:11:11,600 --> 01:11:16,522
Our counterparts.
Men of principle, like you and I.
761
01:11:16,523 --> 01:11:20,832
- They bring me only good news.
- News of what?
762
01:11:22,614 --> 01:11:24,378
Revolution.
763
01:11:24,908 --> 01:11:27,048
They're certain it's coming.
764
01:11:29,122 --> 01:11:32,375
In Paris they speak openly
in the streets of emancipation.
765
01:11:32,376 --> 01:11:35,433
Freedom for all men, and women too.
766
01:11:37,715 --> 01:11:41,761
The Americans pulled the cork
out of the bottle, Wilberforce.
767
01:11:41,762 --> 01:11:43,805
Now the French share the wine.
768
01:11:43,806 --> 01:11:46,850
You talk about revolution
as if it were a safe thing.
769
01:11:46,851 --> 01:11:48,644
It's just a word.
770
01:11:48,645 --> 01:11:52,440
Every day we change things, by degrees.
Education, factories.
771
01:11:52,441 --> 01:11:56,320
By degrees.
You sound like Dundas! Gradually.
772
01:11:56,321 --> 01:11:58,906
An imperfect order's
better than no order.
773
01:11:58,907 --> 01:12:02,049
We must fight for a perfect order!
774
01:12:05,248 --> 01:12:08,056
I've pledged an allegiance to the king.
775
01:12:10,421 --> 01:12:16,316
You know as well as I do...
the king is insane.
776
01:12:16,554 --> 01:12:18,597
He shakes hands with oak trees
777
01:12:18,598 --> 01:12:21,864
and claims he can see Germany
through his telescope.
778
01:12:26,566 --> 01:12:30,278
I know you have
your loyalties, Wilberforce,
779
01:12:30,279 --> 01:12:35,200
but underneath it
you're more radical than any of us.
780
01:12:35,201 --> 01:12:38,175
You see, you never doubt you're right.
781
01:12:39,039 --> 01:12:44,962
What we say of the slave
is true of the worker in the field,
782
01:12:44,963 --> 01:12:47,674
the weaver, the miner.
783
01:12:47,675 --> 01:12:51,859
Shouldn't they be free to prosper too,
784
01:12:52,430 --> 01:12:56,142
instead of the fruits of their labours
going to men like Tarleton?
785
01:12:56,143 --> 01:13:01,662
Men who spend their money
on whores and comic operas.
786
01:13:04,779 --> 01:13:07,795
Young girls debauched.
787
01:13:10,911 --> 01:13:14,498
Soldiers forced to beg.
788
01:13:14,499 --> 01:13:20,880
It's a natural wave
that's flowing, Wilber.
789
01:13:20,881 --> 01:13:25,803
First Boston, then Paris.
790
01:13:25,804 --> 01:13:27,847
Next London.
791
01:13:27,848 --> 01:13:30,447
Thomas...
792
01:13:31,769 --> 01:13:35,995
...you must never speak of revolution
in my presence ever again.
793
01:13:49,666 --> 01:13:52,390
I'm going to Paris to see for myself.
794
01:13:56,675 --> 01:13:59,690
Why don't you come with me?
795
01:14:00,888 --> 01:14:03,695
Drink some of that wine?
796
01:14:17,241 --> 01:14:21,537
Africa, your sufferings
have been a theme
797
01:14:21,538 --> 01:14:25,555
that has engaged and arrested my heart.
798
01:14:26,460 --> 01:14:29,560
Your sufferings...
799
01:14:30,340 --> 01:14:35,275
...no tongue can express,
no language impart.
800
01:14:35,722 --> 01:14:38,529
Agh!
801
01:14:44,023 --> 01:14:48,291
God has set before me two great objects:
802
01:14:49,697 --> 01:14:52,699
The suppression of the slave trade
803
01:14:52,700 --> 01:14:55,758
and the reformation of society.
804
01:14:56,205 --> 01:14:59,387
Agh! Agh!
805
01:15:06,884 --> 01:15:09,219
Sir!
806
01:15:09,220 --> 01:15:11,569
Marjorie.
807
01:15:14,018 --> 01:15:17,521
The trouble is, Doctor,
he doesn't believe he has a body.
808
01:15:17,522 --> 01:15:21,025
Utterly careless of it. He, um...
809
01:15:21,026 --> 01:15:24,084
He thinks
he's a disembodied spirit.
810
01:15:26,283 --> 01:15:31,246
Perhaps you should spend some time
away from London.
811
01:15:31,247 --> 01:15:34,166
- What's this?
- Laudanum, for the pain.
812
01:15:34,167 --> 01:15:37,211
An opiate? No, no, no.
I need my mind sharp.
813
01:15:37,212 --> 01:15:39,256
You need to rest.
814
01:15:39,257 --> 01:15:42,718
My bill is before the House
in three weeks.
815
01:15:42,719 --> 01:15:46,778
- Would you leave us a moment, Doctor?
- Yes, Prime Minister.
816
01:15:52,981 --> 01:15:56,610
It's now five years since you first
brought this bill to the House.
817
01:15:56,611 --> 01:15:59,405
And each time we get a little closer.
818
01:15:59,406 --> 01:16:04,578
Wilberforce, there are other MPs
who could carry the debate.
819
01:16:04,579 --> 01:16:07,762
Who? Name one.
820
01:16:09,793 --> 01:16:12,809
The only man I would trust is you.
821
01:16:17,010 --> 01:16:18,219
Well?
822
01:16:18,220 --> 01:16:20,472
I can't be seen
to openly oppose the king
823
01:16:20,473 --> 01:16:22,850
when the streets of Paris
run with blood.
824
01:16:22,851 --> 01:16:25,520
You've read too many
lurid newspaper articles.
825
01:16:25,521 --> 01:16:29,066
The French Republic
plans to declare war within the year.
826
01:16:29,067 --> 01:16:32,820
- On who?
- On who?
827
01:16:32,821 --> 01:16:38,465
You're locked inside your own head! Us,
Great Britain, everything we stand for!
828
01:16:41,999 --> 01:16:45,474
Considering the situation,
you mix with the wrong people.
829
01:16:47,756 --> 01:16:50,717
- Who do I mix with?
- Clarkson, for one.
830
01:16:50,718 --> 01:16:55,653
- Who introduced me to Clarkson?
- In different times.
831
01:16:59,937 --> 01:17:03,057
They say in the cafés
that Clarkson's a French spy.
832
01:17:03,859 --> 01:17:08,947
And Equiano,
they say he was born in Carolina,
833
01:17:08,948 --> 01:17:13,507
and as an American,
therefore must be a revolutionary.
834
01:17:18,084 --> 01:17:21,170
Others say
they've seen with their own eyes
835
01:17:21,171 --> 01:17:25,008
letters addressed to you
from Thomas Jefferson.
836
01:17:25,009 --> 01:17:29,096
- On matters to do with abolition.
- War changes everything.
837
01:17:29,097 --> 01:17:32,238
- Even friendships?
- Especially those!
838
01:17:33,436 --> 01:17:36,439
So you will keep
your precious conscience intact
839
01:17:36,440 --> 01:17:39,539
and let the rest of us
do the war's dirty work.
840
01:17:41,529 --> 01:17:43,405
Conscience is indeed precious.
841
01:17:43,406 --> 01:17:45,700
I am warning you as your prime minister
842
01:17:45,701 --> 01:17:50,260
that when war comes,
opposition will soon be called sedition!
843
01:17:51,625 --> 01:17:53,472
By who?
844
01:17:57,131 --> 01:17:59,730
By you?
845
01:18:22,412 --> 01:18:27,722
This evening I would like to return
to the theme of abolition.
846
01:18:28,127 --> 01:18:34,091
In these dangerous times, it is easy to
put aside our concerns for those in need
847
01:18:34,092 --> 01:18:37,137
simply to confirm
our loyalty to the nation.
848
01:18:37,138 --> 01:18:43,645
But the issues of war and the issues
of slavery must not be confused.
849
01:18:43,646 --> 01:18:46,732
Our fear of an unknown enemy
must not be allowed
850
01:18:46,733 --> 01:18:49,068
to erode our long-cherished liberties.
851
01:18:49,069 --> 01:18:53,879
If this is to happen,
how bitter will our history be?
852
01:18:55,702 --> 01:19:02,459
We must not prohibit all political
discussion of political subjects.
853
01:19:02,460 --> 01:19:05,880
The issue of slavery
is not made any less important
854
01:19:05,881 --> 01:19:08,258
by the unrelated issues of war!
855
01:19:08,259 --> 01:19:13,180
In war or in peace, the buying
and selling of human beings
856
01:19:13,181 --> 01:19:16,267
is equally abhorrent!
857
01:19:16,268 --> 01:19:19,743
This is not a seditious statement!
858
01:19:38,086 --> 01:19:40,797
Where is your laudanum?
I'll prepare it for you.
859
01:19:40,798 --> 01:19:44,510
No. No, I want to tell you how it ends.
860
01:19:44,511 --> 01:19:49,112
I already know.
Your bills were easily defeated.
861
01:19:51,436 --> 01:19:55,523
Equiano... died in his bed.
862
01:19:55,524 --> 01:19:59,611
Thomas Clarkson found a cottage
in the hills to hide away in.
863
01:19:59,612 --> 01:20:04,951
Charles Fox watched and waited.
864
01:20:04,952 --> 01:20:10,138
The Quakers still sent their letters.
No one replied.
865
01:20:11,836 --> 01:20:14,476
Is that the end of your story?
866
01:20:15,591 --> 01:20:17,717
- You think not?
- No.
867
01:20:17,718 --> 01:20:22,445
- Why not?
- Because after night comes day.
868
01:20:23,309 --> 01:20:27,355
The people aren't so afraid
now the war with France is being won.
869
01:20:27,356 --> 01:20:32,291
And when they stop being afraid,
they rediscover their compassion.
870
01:20:32,529 --> 01:20:36,199
So the people
have their compassion back.
871
01:20:36,200 --> 01:20:38,924
And you still have passion.
872
01:20:39,663 --> 01:20:43,180
That matters more.
873
01:20:59,230 --> 01:21:02,441
- Good morning, Wilber.
- Morning.
874
01:21:02,442 --> 01:21:05,236
- Get much sleep?
- Not much.
875
01:21:05,237 --> 01:21:08,115
- What time did Barbara leave?
- Late.
876
01:21:08,116 --> 01:21:11,883
I mean, early.
877
01:21:13,122 --> 01:21:16,305
I'm afraid I'm going back to London.
878
01:21:16,585 --> 01:21:18,587
- So soon?
- Yes.
879
01:21:18,588 --> 01:21:21,479
I think the waters
worked their magic on me.
880
01:21:22,134 --> 01:21:24,803
But I need to send a letter
to James Stephen.
881
01:21:24,804 --> 01:21:27,932
- To ask him to come back to England.
- For what reason?
882
01:21:27,933 --> 01:21:31,032
To put his evidence
before a select committee.
883
01:21:34,274 --> 01:21:36,526
Also, Barbara and I have discovered
884
01:21:36,527 --> 01:21:41,074
that we're both impatient
and prone to rash decisions.
885
01:21:41,075 --> 01:21:45,426
But she wants
to tell you about it herself.
886
01:22:20,500 --> 01:22:24,504
Ladies and gentlemen,
before we begin,
887
01:22:24,505 --> 01:22:29,085
we will sing the hymn
requested by the bride.
888
01:22:34,727 --> 01:22:38,772
♪ Amazing Grace
889
01:22:38,773 --> 01:22:42,652
♪ How sweet the sound
890
01:22:42,653 --> 01:22:48,785
♪ That saved a wretch like me
891
01:22:48,786 --> 01:22:52,790
♪ I once was lost
892
01:22:52,791 --> 01:22:57,129
♪ But now am found
893
01:22:57,130 --> 01:23:03,108
♪ Was blind but now I see...
894
01:23:07,936 --> 01:23:11,189
- Delightful service.
- Thank you so much for coming.
895
01:23:11,190 --> 01:23:14,985
Thank you.
How are you coping with the new kitchen?
896
01:23:14,986 --> 01:23:17,739
"Great changes
are easier than small ones."
897
01:23:17,740 --> 01:23:20,714
- Francis Bacon.
- Well done.
898
01:23:22,871 --> 01:23:25,123
- Have you forgiven us yet?
- Never.
899
01:23:25,124 --> 01:23:28,294
It'll be wonderful
to have you both living so near.
900
01:23:28,295 --> 01:23:29,504
Thank you.
901
01:23:29,505 --> 01:23:32,883
I do hope you didn't come to Clapham
for the tranquillity.
902
01:23:32,884 --> 01:23:36,818
- We're very noisy neighbours.
- I'm counting on it.
903
01:23:51,658 --> 01:23:54,257
Barbara.
904
01:23:55,413 --> 01:23:59,973
- You have my deepest condolences.
- Thank you so much.
905
01:24:01,879 --> 01:24:05,800
But please, I beg of you, do this
for me. Make him eat some of his pets.
906
01:24:05,801 --> 01:24:10,255
- Oh, I rather like them.
- I like them too. In brandy sauce.
907
01:24:18,234 --> 01:24:21,153
- If you'll excuse me...
- There's no need, Barbara.
908
01:24:21,154 --> 01:24:23,656
You're discussing politics
with your eyes.
909
01:24:23,657 --> 01:24:26,924
You may as well do it with your mouths.
910
01:24:37,550 --> 01:24:40,761
I, uh... didn't think you'd invite me.
911
01:24:40,762 --> 01:24:43,695
Didn't think you'd come.
912
01:24:46,561 --> 01:24:50,078
- You well?
- My mind's well.
913
01:24:50,483 --> 01:24:53,416
The rest of me is fraying at the edges.
914
01:24:56,658 --> 01:24:59,674
Billy, I'm going to try again.
915
01:25:00,746 --> 01:25:01,955
Well?
916
01:25:01,956 --> 01:25:05,626
It's your wedding day.
I agree with everything you say.
917
01:25:05,627 --> 01:25:08,005
I never changed.
918
01:25:08,006 --> 01:25:11,439
- I don't change.
- Well, hurrah for you.
919
01:25:12,553 --> 01:25:16,195
The mood may even be
swinging back in your favour.
920
01:25:17,768 --> 01:25:23,274
How can we live in houses like this
when others are living in boxes?
921
01:25:23,275 --> 01:25:25,916
Is that still sedition?
922
01:25:27,697 --> 01:25:30,254
As your prime minister, I urge caution.
923
01:25:30,534 --> 01:25:35,428
- And as my friend?
- Oh, to hell with caution.
924
01:25:35,916 --> 01:25:40,212
When the slaves
are flogged on the wharfs,
925
01:25:40,213 --> 01:25:45,761
their arms are tied
to a hook on a crane
926
01:25:45,762 --> 01:25:50,684
and weights of 56 pounds
927
01:25:50,685 --> 01:25:54,744
applied to their feet.
928
01:25:55,232 --> 01:25:58,861
The crane is raised
929
01:25:58,862 --> 01:26:04,452
so that their feet
barely touch the ground.
930
01:26:04,453 --> 01:26:07,414
The slaves are then whipped
931
01:26:07,415 --> 01:26:10,639
with ebony bushes, comma...
932
01:26:14,632 --> 01:26:18,970
...to let out the congealing blood.
933
01:26:18,971 --> 01:26:22,349
I don't hear the nib
scratching the page.
934
01:26:22,350 --> 01:26:24,157
We have company, sir.
935
01:26:25,479 --> 01:26:29,288
John, it's me, Wilber.
936
01:26:32,947 --> 01:26:34,503
Leave it.
937
01:26:45,004 --> 01:26:47,757
They only told me your sight was fading.
938
01:26:47,758 --> 01:26:50,844
Well, now it's faded altogether.
939
01:26:50,845 --> 01:26:54,724
I never did things by halves.
God decided I'd seen enough.
940
01:26:54,725 --> 01:26:58,409
- So it's true.
- What's true?
941
01:26:59,106 --> 01:27:02,748
- You're writing your account.
- Uh-huh.
942
01:27:04,321 --> 01:27:07,128
I wish I could see your face.
943
01:27:10,078 --> 01:27:13,511
- How are you looking?
- The same.
944
01:27:13,833 --> 01:27:17,420
- Still too thin.
- A little fatter lately.
945
01:27:17,421 --> 01:27:20,424
She feeds you well then,
this wife of yours?
946
01:27:20,425 --> 01:27:24,734
- She's given me an appetite.
- An appetite to change things?
947
01:27:35,277 --> 01:27:38,155
This is my confession.
948
01:27:38,156 --> 01:27:40,754
You must use it.
949
01:27:41,910 --> 01:27:45,998
Names, ships' records,
950
01:27:45,999 --> 01:27:48,626
ports, people.
951
01:27:48,627 --> 01:27:52,631
Everything I remember is in here.
952
01:27:52,632 --> 01:27:55,260
Although my memory is fading,
953
01:27:55,261 --> 01:27:58,639
I remember two things very clearly:
954
01:27:58,640 --> 01:28:03,200
I'm a great sinner
and Christ is a great saviour.
955
01:28:03,772 --> 01:28:06,649
You must publish it.
956
01:28:06,650 --> 01:28:11,377
Blow a hole in their boat with it.
Damn them with it!
957
01:28:13,117 --> 01:28:16,967
I wish I could remember all their names.
958
01:28:18,040 --> 01:28:22,545
My 20,000 ghosts,
959
01:28:22,546 --> 01:28:25,423
they all had names.
960
01:28:25,424 --> 01:28:29,400
Beautiful African names.
961
01:28:30,639 --> 01:28:34,476
We called them with just grunts.
962
01:28:34,477 --> 01:28:37,076
Noises.
963
01:28:37,690 --> 01:28:42,500
We were apes. They were human.
964
01:28:50,790 --> 01:28:53,389
I'm weeping.
965
01:28:54,920 --> 01:28:59,897
I couldn't weep till I wrote this.
966
01:29:05,142 --> 01:29:09,688
"I once was blind, but now I see."
967
01:29:09,689 --> 01:29:11,983
Didn't I write that too?
968
01:29:11,984 --> 01:29:14,694
Yes, you did.
969
01:29:14,695 --> 01:29:18,212
Well, now at last it's true.
970
01:29:19,702 --> 01:29:22,551
Now go, Wilber. Go.
971
01:29:22,873 --> 01:29:26,556
We have lots of work to do, you and I.
972
01:29:34,638 --> 01:29:39,059
"Strange treasures
in this fair world appear,
973
01:29:39,060 --> 01:29:45,205
strange all and new to me."
974
01:29:47,112 --> 01:29:49,155
That is a poem by Thomas Traherne,
975
01:29:49,156 --> 01:29:52,075
and I have absolutely no idea
what it's about.
976
01:29:52,076 --> 01:29:55,038
But when I was small,
I was made to learn it by heart,
977
01:29:55,039 --> 01:29:57,582
so I don't see
why you shouldn't suffer too.
978
01:29:57,583 --> 01:30:03,019
Clarkson! Clarkson!
979
01:30:03,466 --> 01:30:05,551
Good God, he's got his voice back.
980
01:30:05,552 --> 01:30:07,928
We need you back in London straightaway!
981
01:30:07,929 --> 01:30:10,527
Oh.
982
01:30:10,681 --> 01:30:14,517
Bollocks.
983
01:30:14,518 --> 01:30:17,325
Hurry up, come on.
984
01:30:34,869 --> 01:30:36,549
Wilber!
985
01:30:41,875 --> 01:30:45,836
- You look fine. Fine.
- I look wet and feeble.
986
01:30:45,837 --> 01:30:50,465
You, however, look disgustingly like
a lusty adventurer from a storybook.
987
01:30:50,466 --> 01:30:55,511
Come on. I've got a coach. The others
are waiting for us at Palace Yard.
988
01:30:55,512 --> 01:30:58,847
- Don't I get to wash or sleep?
- Sleep?
989
01:30:58,848 --> 01:31:01,488
You haven't changed at all, William.
990
01:31:15,071 --> 01:31:18,948
I called this meeting to welcome back
James Stephen from the Indies.
991
01:31:18,949 --> 01:31:21,547
But he should speak for himself.
992
01:31:22,494 --> 01:31:25,412
I have here diagrams,
993
01:31:25,413 --> 01:31:29,499
first-hand accounts
and transcripts of trials
994
01:31:29,500 --> 01:31:34,670
where innocent Africans have been
convicted of crimes they did not commit
995
01:31:34,671 --> 01:31:36,797
and were then burnt alive.
996
01:31:36,798 --> 01:31:41,134
There are pages and pages and pages
997
01:31:41,135 --> 01:31:45,971
of first-hand accounts
and figures and statistics.
998
01:31:45,972 --> 01:31:48,974
On every island now,
there are rebellions.
999
01:31:48,975 --> 01:31:51,393
Haiti is in the hands of slaves.
1000
01:31:51,394 --> 01:31:55,229
And the slaves are anxious.
They're impatient for their freedom.
1001
01:31:55,230 --> 01:31:57,745
They hear about your work here.
1002
01:31:59,150 --> 01:32:03,041
I saw a woman and her child
being beaten...
1003
01:32:04,238 --> 01:32:07,031
...in a coffee field.
1004
01:32:07,032 --> 01:32:09,700
Afterwards,
I heard the woman tell her daughter
1005
01:32:09,701 --> 01:32:13,342
that someone was coming
across the sea to save them.
1006
01:32:15,122 --> 01:32:17,846
She said it was King Wilberforce.
1007
01:32:22,879 --> 01:32:27,479
So this time, gentlemen,
we must not fail them.
1008
01:32:35,140 --> 01:32:36,737
What is it, James?
1009
01:32:38,893 --> 01:32:41,978
- This is not a game for them.
- We know that.
1010
01:32:41,979 --> 01:32:45,411
What I mean is, it's not enough.
1011
01:32:49,486 --> 01:32:52,320
If we go to Parliament
with this evidence,
1012
01:32:52,321 --> 01:32:54,948
there'll be sympathy,
there'll be concern,
1013
01:32:54,949 --> 01:32:58,909
but it'll be just the same
as every other time.
1014
01:32:58,910 --> 01:33:01,453
Have you come back
to preach hopelessness?
1015
01:33:01,454 --> 01:33:05,749
No. No, I've had an idea.
1016
01:33:05,750 --> 01:33:08,793
In my law books
I might have stumbled across something
1017
01:33:08,794 --> 01:33:11,851
and I want to propose it as a strategy.
1018
01:33:12,964 --> 01:33:15,229
Nosus Decipio.
1019
01:33:16,050 --> 01:33:18,093
It's Latin.
1020
01:33:18,094 --> 01:33:21,692
Loosely translated, it means...
1021
01:33:23,223 --> 01:33:24,862
..."we cheat".
1022
01:34:01,631 --> 01:34:03,771
Oh, God.
1023
01:34:09,471 --> 01:34:12,348
I don't care how important this is.
1024
01:34:12,349 --> 01:34:15,406
I'll finish my shot.
1025
01:34:20,898 --> 01:34:22,815
Oh, for God's sakes, what is it?
1026
01:34:22,816 --> 01:34:25,206
- We've decided...
- We think...
1027
01:34:27,237 --> 01:34:30,238
We've decided not
to bring forward an abolition bill.
1028
01:34:30,239 --> 01:34:33,158
- No?
- Indeed not.
1029
01:34:33,159 --> 01:34:37,787
We're going to address the issue of
the use of neutral flags on cargo ships.
1030
01:34:37,788 --> 01:34:40,956
- How unutterably dull.
- Exactly.
1031
01:34:40,957 --> 01:34:43,917
We're going to suggest
that French cargo ships
1032
01:34:43,918 --> 01:34:46,544
sailing under
the American flag of convenience
1033
01:34:46,545 --> 01:34:48,546
be liable to seizure by privateers.
1034
01:34:48,547 --> 01:34:51,966
Part of the war effort.
1035
01:34:51,967 --> 01:34:54,593
Patriotism, all that.
1036
01:34:54,594 --> 01:34:59,861
Since when have you been interested in
the war effort, patriotism and all that?
1037
01:35:01,892 --> 01:35:03,447
I'm not.
1038
01:35:04,769 --> 01:35:09,244
So... I'll continue with my game?
1039
01:35:14,528 --> 01:35:18,001
You don't see anything sinister
in that measure?
1040
01:35:19,073 --> 01:35:21,004
No.
1041
01:35:22,243 --> 01:35:26,040
- Then neither will they.
- What the hell are you talking about?
1042
01:35:27,289 --> 01:35:30,332
80 percent of all slave ships
sailing to the Indies
1043
01:35:30,333 --> 01:35:32,667
are flying the neutral American flag
1044
01:35:32,668 --> 01:35:36,296
to prevent them
from being boarded by privateers.
1045
01:35:36,297 --> 01:35:39,340
If we pass a law
removing that protection,
1046
01:35:39,341 --> 01:35:42,259
no ship owner will allow his vessel
to make the journey.
1047
01:35:42,260 --> 01:35:45,762
This will only apply
to French ships, not British.
1048
01:35:45,763 --> 01:35:47,263
That's the beauty of it.
1049
01:35:47,264 --> 01:35:52,435
Once any ship raises the American flag,
by law it is neither French nor British.
1050
01:35:52,436 --> 01:35:56,146
So our slave ships will be just
as liable to seizure as French ones.
1051
01:35:56,147 --> 01:35:59,399
The privateers won't care
whose booty they're taking,
1052
01:35:59,400 --> 01:36:02,068
as long as they're operating
within the law.
1053
01:36:02,069 --> 01:36:05,696
Without the protection of neutral flags,
1054
01:36:05,697 --> 01:36:10,158
80 percent of the British slave trade
will be finished overnight.
1055
01:36:10,159 --> 01:36:11,952
Dear God.
1056
01:36:11,953 --> 01:36:15,705
But Prime Minister, we need to...
1057
01:36:15,706 --> 01:36:19,930
...tuck this bill away somewhere.
1058
01:36:20,335 --> 01:36:23,892
Disguise it. Oh.
1059
01:36:24,630 --> 01:36:27,465
I won't even get on my feet
in the House.
1060
01:36:27,466 --> 01:36:30,342
This would still
fall short of abolition.
1061
01:36:30,343 --> 01:36:34,971
With their profits cut, half the slavers
will be bankrupt in two years.
1062
01:36:34,972 --> 01:36:38,558
Then we'll pick off their MPs
in the House one by one.
1063
01:36:38,559 --> 01:36:40,948
Whose idea was this?
1064
01:36:42,187 --> 01:36:44,410
A lawyer.
1065
01:36:45,982 --> 01:36:51,708
Anti-French bill
which is also anti-slavery.
1066
01:36:53,864 --> 01:36:57,754
Don't know why
I didn't think of this any sooner.
1067
01:37:01,078 --> 01:37:02,745
Oh...
1068
01:37:02,746 --> 01:37:05,957
But we can't let anyone know
that we're behind this.
1069
01:37:05,958 --> 01:37:09,793
Instruct someone to put this bill
forward who's seen as a patriot.
1070
01:37:09,794 --> 01:37:11,378
We don't want any fuss.
1071
01:37:11,379 --> 01:37:17,188
We just need someone
really, really... boring.
1072
01:37:19,803 --> 01:37:23,847
Typically, a French ship
will change its registration
1073
01:37:23,848 --> 01:37:29,644
to raise the American flag
and pick up a cargo of sugar in Havana.
1074
01:37:29,645 --> 01:37:33,439
It will then sail to Carolina
1075
01:37:33,440 --> 01:37:38,026
or Virginia or Florida
1076
01:37:38,027 --> 01:37:43,030
or New York City or even Boston.
1077
01:37:43,031 --> 01:37:47,284
The cargo will then be unloaded
onto a second ship
1078
01:37:47,285 --> 01:37:52,177
carrying the American flag
and set sail for France.
1079
01:37:52,706 --> 01:37:58,419
As things stand, neither the Royal Navy
nor licensed privateers
1080
01:37:58,420 --> 01:38:02,561
have power to seize such a ship.
1081
01:38:02,882 --> 01:38:04,466
My proposition is
1082
01:38:04,467 --> 01:38:09,428
that all the ships
flying the American flag
1083
01:38:09,429 --> 01:38:11,972
be liable to search and seizure
1084
01:38:11,973 --> 01:38:14,933
to put an end to this lamentable deceit
1085
01:38:14,934 --> 01:38:17,185
on the part of the French
1086
01:38:17,186 --> 01:38:19,687
and their Dutch and Spanish allies.
1087
01:38:19,688 --> 01:38:24,108
Mr Speaker! I believe the abolitionists
are coming at us at a side wind.
1088
01:38:24,109 --> 01:38:28,320
A side wind? What kind of side wind?
1089
01:38:28,321 --> 01:38:33,032
I'm not sure what kind of side wind.
I just know there's something going on.
1090
01:38:33,033 --> 01:38:37,494
- The Jacobites are in.
- The Jacobites?
1091
01:38:37,495 --> 01:38:42,290
Really, I do think you might update your
invective to reflect changing times.
1092
01:38:42,291 --> 01:38:45,514
Am I too late
to call for an adjournment?
1093
01:38:52,550 --> 01:38:54,230
Of course you are.
1094
01:38:56,637 --> 01:39:00,681
Now, will you let
the honourable gentleman proceed?
1095
01:39:00,682 --> 01:39:03,071
As I was saying...
1096
01:39:04,393 --> 01:39:10,481
...my proposition is that
all ships flying the American flag
1097
01:39:10,482 --> 01:39:15,068
be liable to search and seizure
to put an end to this lamentable deceit
1098
01:39:15,069 --> 01:39:17,876
on the part of the French,
Dutch and Spanish.
1099
01:39:26,287 --> 01:39:28,955
- Jackson, get into the chamber.
- Right, sir.
1100
01:39:28,956 --> 01:39:32,166
Camber, chamber! Move your arse!
1101
01:39:32,167 --> 01:39:36,851
- What's going on?
- Just do it!
1102
01:40:06,155 --> 01:40:08,198
Where the hell is everyone?
1103
01:40:08,199 --> 01:40:12,673
Everybody's at the races in Epsom.
They were given free tickets.
1104
01:40:13,078 --> 01:40:17,636
I saved one for you.
A free gift from William Wilberforce.
1105
01:40:26,673 --> 01:40:28,329
Wilby?
1106
01:40:31,803 --> 01:40:35,857
What on earth is happening?
The poor maids are terrified.
1107
01:40:36,887 --> 01:40:40,094
- I'll bring your laudanum.
- No! No!
1108
01:40:40,095 --> 01:40:43,845
I've poured it all away this morning.
Every drop.
1109
01:40:43,846 --> 01:40:48,470
- Then I'll fetch more.
- No. I'm finished with it.
1110
01:40:48,471 --> 01:40:51,984
I can't even feel the joy
of this victory.
1111
01:40:53,596 --> 01:40:56,859
This new baby will find me as myself.
1112
01:40:58,472 --> 01:41:01,096
- What will be his name?
- Who says it's a boy?
1113
01:41:01,097 --> 01:41:04,096
Just tell me some names.
Please, just keep talking.
1114
01:41:04,097 --> 01:41:07,763
William, if it's a boy.
Emma, if it's a girl.
1115
01:41:07,764 --> 01:41:10,888
It's... it's a boy. I'm sure of it.
1116
01:41:10,889 --> 01:41:12,797
- How will he look?
- Sweet.
1117
01:41:16,223 --> 01:41:20,930
He will be strong with curly hair,
but dark, like yours.
1118
01:41:20,931 --> 01:41:25,514
- He's inside you now.
- Yes, yes, he's inside.
1119
01:41:25,515 --> 01:41:28,639
I can almost hear him.
He's singing to us.
1120
01:41:28,640 --> 01:41:31,098
Yes, he will have a fine voice like you.
1121
01:41:31,099 --> 01:41:33,473
Yes, yes, a strong voice.
1122
01:41:33,474 --> 01:41:36,848
And you will play with him
in the garden every morning.
1123
01:41:36,849 --> 01:41:40,640
- Yes.
- And soon we'll have a girl and a boy.
1124
01:41:40,641 --> 01:41:44,821
And a girl and a boy and...
1125
01:41:57,059 --> 01:41:59,655
Wilby!
1126
01:42:01,226 --> 01:42:03,989
Come quickly!
1127
01:42:05,143 --> 01:42:07,239
Come on!
1128
01:42:22,186 --> 01:42:24,782
Please leave us now.
1129
01:42:36,437 --> 01:42:39,519
They tell me you're improving, Billy.
1130
01:42:39,520 --> 01:42:42,116
Bull.
1131
01:42:50,271 --> 01:42:52,854
We cracked crowns, didn't we?
1132
01:42:52,855 --> 01:42:57,512
- We left the heads intact.
- Because we're so pathetically English.
1133
01:43:04,314 --> 01:43:09,855
- We have agreed on a succession.
- You're not gone yet.
1134
01:43:09,856 --> 01:43:15,439
I will be replaced by Lord Granville
as prime minister,
1135
01:43:15,440 --> 01:43:20,536
and the foreign secretary
will be Charles Fox.
1136
01:43:21,398 --> 01:43:23,856
And Wilber,
1137
01:43:23,857 --> 01:43:29,315
Fox has already secured
a guarantee from the palace.
1138
01:43:29,316 --> 01:43:33,995
They will remain neutral
in the issue of the slave trade.
1139
01:43:35,983 --> 01:43:41,537
Next time you will be pushing
at an open door.
1140
01:43:50,609 --> 01:43:53,121
I'm scared, Wilber.
1141
01:43:55,192 --> 01:43:57,205
Of what?
1142
01:43:57,818 --> 01:44:00,997
At this moment, I wish I had your faith.
1143
01:44:07,693 --> 01:44:10,206
No more excuses now, Wilber.
1144
01:44:13,027 --> 01:44:16,498
Finish them off.
1145
01:44:26,945 --> 01:44:30,819
As you know, Equiano, I rarely drink.
1146
01:44:30,820 --> 01:44:33,416
But today's an exception.
1147
01:44:35,904 --> 01:44:38,916
Today we're drinking to victory.
1148
01:44:50,655 --> 01:44:52,876
Wish you were...
1149
01:44:53,363 --> 01:44:58,418
...here to see all this... unfolding.
1150
01:45:01,280 --> 01:45:04,543
Just one more push.
1151
01:45:06,531 --> 01:45:09,127
One more.
1152
01:45:54,493 --> 01:45:58,533
I say to this House
that there is now no reason
1153
01:45:58,534 --> 01:46:02,714
why my bill should not be
commended to the king.
1154
01:46:03,160 --> 01:46:08,534
And I urge my honourable
friends to vote once and for all
1155
01:46:08,535 --> 01:46:11,368
for the abolition of the slave trade
1156
01:46:11,369 --> 01:46:15,410
Throughout His Majesty's empire.
1157
01:46:15,411 --> 01:46:18,007
They're taking the vote!
1158
01:46:30,745 --> 01:46:32,653
Here's the tally.
1159
01:47:13,873 --> 01:47:15,427
Order!
1160
01:47:16,540 --> 01:47:19,761
Order!
1161
01:47:21,999 --> 01:47:26,706
On the Home and Foreign Slave Trade Act,
1162
01:47:26,707 --> 01:47:31,332
the unamended bill calling for
the abolition of the slave trade
1163
01:47:31,333 --> 01:47:35,624
throughout the entire British Empire.
1164
01:47:35,625 --> 01:47:39,082
No's to the left: 16.
1165
01:47:39,083 --> 01:47:43,991
Ayes to the right: 283.
1166
01:47:50,001 --> 01:47:56,450
I declare the bill of abolition
of the slave trade to be passed.
1167
01:48:09,877 --> 01:48:11,640
Noblesse oblige.
1168
01:48:12,211 --> 01:48:14,626
What the bloody hell does that mean?
1169
01:48:14,627 --> 01:48:17,127
It means my nobility obliges me
1170
01:48:17,128 --> 01:48:20,890
to recognise the virtue
of an exceptional commoner.
1171
01:48:27,462 --> 01:48:29,683
Order!
1172
01:48:29,962 --> 01:48:32,558
Order!
1173
01:48:45,463 --> 01:48:48,106
When people speak of great men,
1174
01:48:48,107 --> 01:48:52,218
they think of men like Napoleon.
1175
01:48:52,219 --> 01:48:55,197
Men of violence.
1176
01:48:55,198 --> 01:48:58,860
Rarely do they think of peaceful men.
1177
01:49:00,444 --> 01:49:03,002
But contrast
the reception they'll receive
1178
01:49:03,003 --> 01:49:06,359
when they return home
from their battles.
1179
01:49:06,360 --> 01:49:10,388
Napoleon will arrive
in pomp and in power.
1180
01:49:10,389 --> 01:49:15,142
A man who's achieved
the very summit of earthly ambition.
1181
01:49:15,592 --> 01:49:20,933
Yet his dreams will be haunted
by the oppressions of war.
1182
01:49:22,013 --> 01:49:24,332
William Wilberforce, however,
1183
01:49:25,286 --> 01:49:27,815
will return to his family,
1184
01:49:28,475 --> 01:49:31,327
lay his head on his pillow
1185
01:49:31,328 --> 01:49:34,391
and remember
1186
01:49:34,392 --> 01:49:38,179
the slave trade is no more.
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