The British slave owners received cash compensated from the government for taking their 'property'. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slave_Compensation_Act_1837 ht

The British slave owners received cash compensated from the government for taking their 'property'. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slave_Compensation_Act_1837 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slave_Compensation_Act_1837 says 'The 1837 Act paid substantial amount of money constituting 40% of the Treasury’s tax receipts at the time to the former slave owners, but nothing to the liberated people.' The British government didn't pay off that debt until 2015. While it sounds like you think the slave owners didn't get enough short-term compensation? And don't just sob over the slavers. If the former slaves had gotten real and effective compensation, it would have been even more an economical failure for Britain. > re-instituting slavery - it is inefficient Please note that there are many types of non-free labor besides chattel slavery. I consider the penal labor system in the US a legalized form of slavery, while there are many who support it.