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Part One: The Family That Stole Malaysia

Behind the Bastards

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Anti-Slavery Wars and Crusades

James's dad told him that his plan was nonsense, warned him that he had no head for business. But James kept badgering his old man and as he done with the elephant, his dad eventually threw down the money to buy a 290 ton slaver brig. This is the era where slavery has been outlawed and the British Empire is fighting a crusade across the world against slavery. That's a lot of what's happening in this period.

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