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Didn't the Empire go through a lot of trouble to end the slave trade?

Prbeek 2y ago
The Soviet Union was pro choice and empowered women.
alephnerd 2y ago
> Didn't the Empire go through a lot of trouble to end the slave trade Combating slavery gave the British Empire a comparative advantage, as they could export commodities like Sugar, Cotton, Palm Oil, and Coffee from the British Raj (which in the 19th century included all of South Asia as well as Malaysia) and British Egypt (cotton) without a plantation slavery model, while undermining competitors like the US and Brazil who used that model for commodity exports. Same reason why the industrial Northeast and small-farmer Midwest was opposed to slavery, as both lobbies were undermined by the economics of slavery.
ganeshkrishnan 2y ago
The "abolish slave trade" was done in 1833. India was colonized in 1857 officially. Apartheid didn't end until the 90's Britain ended slavery and started colonization. But yeah "they ended slave trade" No amount of info will convince people that colonization was evil and abhorrent because they were party to it, they benefited from it.
- alephnerd 2y ago
  > India was colonized in 1857 officially Much of South India and Eastern India was already British ruled by the early 1800s. > Apartheid didn't end until the 90's Apartheid was started by the Boers (Dutch South Africans who also fought against the British) once they got autonomy in the 1920s. Apartheid Era South Africa was also very anti-Anglo as well as anti-Black.
  - ganeshkrishnan 2y ago
    >Much of South India and Eastern India was already British ruled by the early 1800s. No they were not. They were run by private East India Company. With the revolt of 1857 and quashing of the rebellion, the official Raj by the British Royals began https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Rebellion_of_1857 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Rebellion_of_1857 You are still bickering over pedantic stuff. Britain profited from slave trade. They just didn't want to use the term "slave" and used "colony" instead.
tim333 2y ago
I think the British Empire was a bit of a mixed bag that did good and bad stuff. Bit like the Monty Python sketch on the Roman Empire.

The Soviet Union was pro choice and empowered women.

> Didn't the Empire go through a lot of trouble to end the slave trade Combating slavery gave the British Empire a comparative advantage, as they could export commodities like Sugar, Cotton, Palm Oil, and Coffee from the British Raj (which in the 19th century included all of South Asia as well as Malaysia) and British Egypt (cotton) without a plantation slavery model, while undermining competitors like the US and Brazil who used that model for commodity exports. Same reason why the industrial Northeast and small-farmer Midwest was opposed to slavery, as both lobbies were undermined by the economics of slavery.

ganeshkrishnan 2y ago

The "abolish slave trade" was done in 1833. India was colonized in 1857 officially. Apartheid didn't end until the 90's Britain ended slavery and started colonization. But yeah "they ended slave trade" No amount of info will convince people that colonization was evil and abhorrent because they were party to it, they benefited from it.

alephnerd 2y ago
> India was colonized in 1857 officially Much of South India and Eastern India was already British ruled by the early 1800s. > Apartheid didn't end until the 90's Apartheid was started by the Boers (Dutch South Africans who also fought against the British) once they got autonomy in the 1920s. Apartheid Era South Africa was also very anti-Anglo as well as anti-Black.
- ganeshkrishnan 2y ago
  >Much of South India and Eastern India was already British ruled by the early 1800s. No they were not. They were run by private East India Company. With the revolt of 1857 and quashing of the rebellion, the official Raj by the British Royals began https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Rebellion_of_1857 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Rebellion_of_1857 You are still bickering over pedantic stuff. Britain profited from slave trade. They just didn't want to use the term "slave" and used "colony" instead.

tim333 2y ago

I think the British Empire was a bit of a mixed bag that did good and bad stuff. Bit like the Monty Python sketch on the Roman Empire.