Bridgerton's creator Shonda Rhimes is seen as a TV pioneer for casting Black actors in lead roles.
But many of the lavish stately homes used in the Regency period drama were built from money made from slavery and had links to the slave trade.
In the first series the residence of Lady Danbury, played by Adjoa Andoh, is filmed in Bath, using the Holburne Museum of Art and Assembly Rooms.
