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minus-squaretacosanonymous@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·19 days agoWere the reparations for taking away their slaves?!
minus-squareThermonuclearEgg [she/her, they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·19 days agoYes. https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/working-paper/2022/the-collection-of-slavery-compensation-1835-43 paid slave owners £20 million as compensation for the loss of their “property”
minus-squareFlax@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·18 days agoAh 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.
Were the reparations for taking away their slaves?!
Yes.
https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/working-paper/2022/the-collection-of-slavery-compensation-1835-43
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.