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> If you don't count all the colonies... Colonies are exactly what I'm talking about. > It is a very admirable thing to do, but who else could do it? They had

> If you don't count all the colonies... Colonies are exactly what I'm talking about. > It is a very admirable thing to do, but who else could do it? They had the most powerful militaries in that era. Nobody else even wanted to.

triceratops 3y ago
> Colonies are exactly what I'm talking about. Tell me more about how slavery was outlawed in Haiti - especially during the French Revolution with its "liberté, égalité, fraternité". Tell me about Belgian Congo. Tell me about the close relative of slavery, indentured servitude, in the British Empire.