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A Respectable Trade

Miniseries

1998 · 4 episodes

  1. 1. Episode 1

    1998-04-19 · 60m

    1788: governess Frances Scott marries the bumbling but ambitious ship owner Josiah Cole and faces a new life far from home.

  2. 2. Episode 2

    1998-04-26 · 60m

    As the African slaves' suffering continues, Frances finds herself attracted to the slave called Mehuru.

  3. 3. Episode 3

    1998-05-03 · 60m

    The plight of one of the African children draws Frances and Mehuru closer together. Sir Charles Fairley shows an interest when debt-ridden Josiah decides to auction the runaway slave, Matthew.

  4. 4. Episode 4

    1998-05-10 · 60m

    Frances prays that her child was fathered by her husband, and urges Mehuru to flee Bristol.

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