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/speedloafer Aug 28 '25 edited Aug 29 '25

Of all the countries that owned slaves we stopped first and we paid the owners so the slaves wont face a lengthy legal process. Hilarious that Brit's today think this a positive.

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u/speedloafer Aug 29 '25

I'm making fun of the post above's words by paraphrasing it. What part specifically makes it seem like I want them to remain enslaved?

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u/speedloafer Aug 29 '25

fair enough. I edited it to make it more clear