Message from @Zaczac121
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Well, it looks like I'm changing my shopping list from 'tea' to 'Yorkshire tea'
Ive got a near full box, so Im good for a bit
noticed italy's supermarkets are being rushed
I'm not suprised, might as well pick up some extra supplies while I'm out
I got a delivery comin at 2pm .. bit of tinned food
Fun fact: The Abolition of Slavery movement in the UK during the 18th and 19th centuries produced some great patriotism
In 1785, English poet William Cowper wrote:
"We have no slaves at home – Then why abroad?
Slaves cannot breathe in England; if their lungs
Receive our air, that moment they are free.
They touch our country, and their shackles fall.
That's noble, and bespeaks a nation proud.
And jealous of the blessing. Spread it then,
And let it circulate through every vein."
think england was the first ever nation to abolish slavery of its own people
the king declared no englishman can be a slave in the year 1102
We never had many black slaves in the UK anyway
Since why have to feed, clothe and provide shelter for a slave when you can just pay a Working Class peasant a pittance for the same work
well.. certainly not back then .. but a lot of english, scottish, welsh and irish were slaves
I'm talking more about in the 18th and 19th centuries
yeah at that time if there was a british slave, they would have been growing tobacco or sugar in the carribean colonies
only about 14k slaves in the UK when slavery was abolished by the empire
Since it was cheaper to just get a Working Class person to do the work than get a slave
Since as I said, you have to feed, clothe and provide shelter for said slave
and they were educated, well dressed, even paid (albeit a pittance) and mainly just served tea
While you could just pay a pittance to the Working class
This is why I don't like SJWs that talk about racism in this country and how the British Empire was racist
Yeah sure, it was during the early period, but there were alot worse, Belgium killed 10 million in a few years, 10 million died over a period of CENTURIES for the British
I mean it was pretty racist the whole time but I agree we need to start hammering the EU for being worse colonialists than us
What about the Abolition of slavery?
and the Blockade of Africa?
Where the British and Americans sent a squadron each to capture slaver ships and free black slaves
Already my favourite quote:
"We have no slaves at home – Then why abroad?
Slaves cannot breathe in England; if their lungs
Receive our air, that moment they are free.
They touch our country, and their shackles fall.
That's noble, and bespeaks a nation proud.
And jealous of the blessing. Spread it then,
And let it circulate through every vein."
Honestly when people bring up slavery just say " that happened ages ago and is no longer relevant" abd if they bring it up again just say "I don't care"
True
Since nowadays
Africa is already fucking bringing it back
Trading little girls in Nigeria
They dont really care about what happened or how we stopped it. So don't waste your breath
Do we have to go in and stop it again?
No
Maybe some of these countries were better administered under a British colonial governor
o.O
Just fucking delete them.
yes they were but they wanted independence so they can deal with it
Governing takes more resources than yeeting
Yeah the Empire abolished slavery and I'm proud of it for that but to say it wasnt racist is a bit silly
I didn't say it wasn't racist, theres always racism, but the government actively was against slavery