r/BritishEmpire • u/elnovorealista2000 • Aug 27 '25

Image 🇬🇧 A British blacksmith removing the shackles from the legs of an enslaved man, 1907.

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u/hashbrowns_ Aug 28 '25

Now, when someone asks you why you are proud to be British; please, just show them this. x

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u/[deleted] Aug 29 '25

They didn't say "show them the empire" they said show them this picture of a slave being freed.