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TIL that in 1833 Britain used 40% of its national budget to free all slaves in the Empire. The loan for the Slavery Abolition Act was so large that it was not paid off until 2015. (www.aaihs.org)

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[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

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.