"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.
God forbid “owners” get hurt lol
Taxpayers had to make it right … There is a lesson in how this was handled and what we see today