History is damn complex, there were of course evils perpetrated by the British Empire. But when it comes to slavery in the 19th century, the record is humanistic and admirable. This doesn’t fit well into the “Empire was evil and racist” narrative, so we don’t hear about it.
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For the avoidance of doubt, since some are taking this tweet out of context, the 19th century British record on slavery that I'm referring to was to abolish slavery and campaign against the slave trade. Being anti-slavery is humanistic and admirable.
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We learned from our mistakes Then I wonder if we still will, and stop tolerating this kind of vandalism - both physical and intellectual?
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They don't like history, that's why it's not taught in the Marxist Programming Centres any more , oh sorry , I mean schools , those that turned up there
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The West Africa squadron led the way.
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Olaudah Equiano - a merchant who wrote an autobiography depicting the horrors of slavery and influenced the British Parliament to abolish it.pic.twitter.com/4ICP2tg29u
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https://www.amazon.co.uk/British-Capitalism-Slavery-Eric-Williams/dp/1937306046 … Excellent book written by one of Trinidads best scholars on the subject.
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