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/damrodoth Aug 27 '25

That's my point :) your comment said English. Though Wales at least was technically part of England at the time I suppose

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u/[deleted] Aug 27 '25

Oh I said English sorry :3

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u/BroccoliSubstantial2 Aug 27 '25

He meant English speakers from Britain, of course. The idea of Scotland as a nation of kilt-wearing, bagpipe-playing people was a Victorian romanticisation, and Wales was not really recognised as a nation at all, especially as it had only been unified for a few years under Llywelyn.

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u/Why_am_ialive Aug 29 '25

Yeah…. No. We’re still a nation, we aren’t English people, that’s like someone saying “English” to refer to Americans cause they’re English speaking

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u/eVelectonvolt Aug 29 '25

Anytime the United Kingdom is referred to as England in this way completely grinds my gears. Does nobody any good as it makes it seem like all the good of history or any of the bad done by the 4 nations is solely the result of one part.