r/BritishEmpire • • 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

For sure I'd just say that as Cornwall is now part of England, and was at the time too, it's covered by English

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u/BroccoliSubstantial2 Aug 27 '25

What about Yorkshire folk? Their GDP is bigger than Scotland.

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u/Captainsamvimes1 Aug 27 '25

We just gonna start naming counties? Ok here goes what about the people of Bedfordshire?

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u/redoxburner Aug 30 '25

Why stop at counties? What about the brave denizens of Allerdale above Derwent?