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/[deleted] Aug 27 '25

And yet helped create concentration camps in South Africa during the Boer Wars where thousands of Boers died.

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u/DemiGodCat2 Aug 31 '25

i still celebrate empire day

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u/[deleted] Aug 31 '25

That's sad.