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flamingos-cant@feddit.ukM to okmatewanker@feddit.ukEnglish · 1 month ago

oh, oh no

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oh, oh no

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flamingos-cant@feddit.ukM to okmatewanker@feddit.ukEnglish · 1 month ago
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    Were the reparations for taking away their slaves?!

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      Yes.

      https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/working-paper/2022/the-collection-of-slavery-compensation-1835-43

      ukkk paid slave owners £20 million as compensation for the loss of their “property”

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        Ah yes, sit with your comfortable view of hindsight.

        Buying the slaves back at the time was the best option. It wasn’t perfect, but it was the best guaranteed way of freeing the slaves without bloodshed.

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