"In 1833, Britain used £20 million, 40 per cent of its national budget, to buy freedom for all slaves in the Empire. The amount of money borrowed for the Slavery Abolition Act was so large that it wasn't paid off until 2015. Which means that living British citizens helped pay to end the slave trade.
The other option is violent revolution because groups of people can only be abused for so long before they end up at a point where they realize they either die enslaved or die trying to be free.
I think the Brits saw what happened in France earlier on and realized that you can’t abuse people too much, too far, for too long … because at one point, masses of people will start killing one another.
The other option is violent revolution because groups of people can only be abused for so long before they end up at a point where they realize they either die enslaved or die trying to be free.
I think the Brits saw what happened in France earlier on and realized that you can’t abuse people too much, too far, for too long … because at one point, masses of people will start killing one another.