> That is not a debt to slave owners, that is a debt taken on to pay for the costs of abolishing slavery. The debt was taken on to pay reparations to slave own

> That is not a debt to slave owners, that is a debt taken on to pay for the costs of abolishing slavery. The debt was taken on to pay reparations to slave owners. About £6 Billion in modern terms, 4.5 billion of which was borrowed. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_Abolition_Act_1833 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_Abolition_Act_1833