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

Thats pretty damn brave for a world of empires that do the exact opposite

Not really, it was beneficial for them in the long term

Even if the UK was the most powerful empire

Britain took the moral high ground

Britain always has the moral high ground

actively policed the slave trade and won

One British ship (Which was actually a captured Brazilian slave ship) captured more than 7 slave ships and freed hundreds of slaves

its not without stain though, the royal family financed "the african company"

the British empire banned slavery after trafficing almost three million people to the americas, and did so because slavery became unprofitable

Ofcourse, but theres always stains in imperial records

But the fact is that Britain banned it first and policed it

is very commendable

cant remember if it was george II or III

It could've just banned it and not policed it

But the fact Britain actively with the US blockaded Africa

but we must not kid ourselves that european empires stopped slavery because they suddenly realised how awfull it was

oh... Charles II ... completely wrong 😛

Actually

Anti-slavery movement in the UK came about during the Enlightenment

As more people in high places realised that that the practice was barbaric