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AnyOldName3 154 points 3 months ago

The context: the UK ended slavery within the empire by taking out a huge loan to buy all the slaves in the empire, then freeing them. The loan wasn't fully paid off until recently, so UK taxpayers were effectively paying for money that had been given to slave owners. However, it quickly and decisively put a stop to slavery in a lot of the world without much fuss or objection, when it otherwise could have triggered wars.

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starchylemming 107 points 3 months ago

now would be a good time to ask for the money back ❤️ that generational wealth shoud be taxed the fuck and back

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NoneOfUrBusiness 40 points 3 months ago

A lot of it is going to be in places outside the rule of the modern UK since the British Empire never really did industrial slavery at home AFAIK.

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Not_mikey 11 points 3 months ago

yeah, but there were probably a lot of slave owners who lived in the UK and got a pay out, and passed it on to there descendants.

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