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》 British Empire financed itself with ... slaves for all its History That is just not true. British Empire abolished slavery worldwide. They went into war wit
by throw4738 5y ago
》 British Empire financed itself with ... slaves for all its History
That is just not true.
British Empire abolished slavery worldwide. They went into war with many countries that supported slavery. They even took huge loan to end slavery, that took hundreds years to repay (until 2015).
- stephenhuey 5y agoBefore abolition, profit from slavery was the empire’s largest source of revenue for centuries. A few months ago, Jane Austen led me to do some digging. https://consideringausten.wordpress.com/austen-and-antigua-slavery-in-her-time/ https://consideringausten.wordpress.com/austen-and-antigua-s...