William Dalrymple and Sathnam Sanghera - British Imperialism in India
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The Black Hole of Calcutta
William dallerimpo and satanam san gara talk about their families' involvement in the imperial project. William's family were provincial scottish minor gentry who could never afford lifestyle to which they aspired so one after another generation would send off angersons to india. The slave trade was how scottland turned itself into a very rich place thanks to the double engine of the caribbean slave trade and the east india company.
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