When Britain was the largest drug dealer in the World
When Britain was the largest drug dealer in the World The British Empire was the largest drug pusher the world has ever seen. By the 1830s the smuggling of opium into China was a source of huge profits and these profits played a crucial role in the financing of British rule in India and were the underpinning of British trade and commerce throughout the East. This is one of those little details that are often overlooked in general histories of the empire, where the opium trade is generally played down and sometimes ignored altogether. Source - The Blood Never Dried by John Newsinger Sign up to our website and submit video suggestions: www.kjvids.co.uk Like our Facebook page for exclusive updates: www.facebook.com/KJVids Follow us on Instagram for our one minute vids: www.instagram.com/kjvids2016 Follow us on Twitter to be informed when we post: twitter.com/kjvids2016 We hope you enjoyed and learn't something new from our video. You can help us make more videos by supporting our crowdfunding campaign; Would you like to support our channel? If you enjoyed or learnt something from this video, you may kindly support our crowdfunding campaign on www.fundmyvideo.com/kjvids Fund My Video enables video creators to recover costs for their videos, which are much higher than any revenues they receive for most channels. Most YouTubers make videos as a hobby and spend dozens of hours editing videos for little in return. Your contributions towards this channel will significantly help us create more content with even better quality. Many thanks for your support. For business and other enquiries please email info@kjvids.co.uk Links we want you to check out; KJ Vids Book Store - kjvids.co.uk/books Patreon Club - www.patreon.com/kjvids Fund My Video Page - www.fundmyvideo.com/kjvids
