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[โ€“] driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br 12 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I'm listening to this podcast, history of Africana philosophy, and is the first time I heard about history and the British empire, where they weren't completely trash. Like they used the royal navy to patrol the African coast, capture slave ships and free the people onto Sierra Leone.

[โ€“] delirious_owl@discuss.online 0 points 3 months ago

Oh they were complete trash