> (In fact, the UK only finished paying reparations to slave-owners five years ago, 183 years after it was made illegal.) That is actually slightly incorrect.

> (In fact, the UK only finished paying reparations to slave-owners five years ago, 183 years after it was made illegal.) That is actually slightly incorrect. The UK borrowed money to pay the reparations to the slave-owners at the time of the abolition. They just finished paying off the loan a few years ago. So the people they were paying all this time was not necessarily the slave owners, but the descendants of the creditors who had loaned the money. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slave_Compensation_Act_1837 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slave_Compensation_Act_1837