Message from @Zaczac121
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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 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
There definitely was a moral component seperate from economic
that's when abolitionism became big, but there were always minorities against slavery, from the very beginning
Europeans always knew it was immoral, they just rationalised it
"The Committee for the Abolition of the Slave Trade was formed in 1787 by a group of Evangelical English Protestants allied with Quakers, to unite in their shared opposition to slavery and the slave trade. The Quakers had long viewed slavery as immoral, a blight upon humanity. By 1807 the abolitionist groups had a very sizable faction of like-minded members in the British Parliament. At their height they controlled 35–40 seats. Known as the "Saints", the alliance was led by the best known of the anti-slave trade campaigners, William Wilberforce, who had taken on the cause of abolition in 1787 after having read the evidence that Thomas Clarkson had amassed against the trade. These dedicated Parliamentarians had access to the legal draughtsmanship of James Stephen, Wilberforce's brother-in-law. They often saw their personal battle against slavery as a divinely ordained crusade. On Sunday, 28 October 1787, Wilberforce wrote in his diary: "God Almighty has set before me two great objects, the suppression of the slave trade and the reformation of manners."