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TROM II: You are a disposable tool
If you’re a British taxpayer, you can at least rest assured that some of your money was going to compensate the victims of British slavery as recently as 2015.
Sorry, did I say compensate the victims? I meant compensate the slave holders.
Via @LewisHarrington
#britain #uk #england #slavery
Fact check: United Kingdom finished paying off debts to slave-owning families in 2015
The UK Treasury continued to compensate the descendants of slave owners for decades after the abolition of slavery in the empire.Matthew Brown, USA TODAY (USA TODAY)
Dutch King Apologizes for His Country’s Role in the Slave Trade
The Netherlands formally abolished slavery in its colonies in 1863, but has only recently begun to actively acknowledge its participation in the practice.Claire Moses (The New York Times)
The Underground Railroad to Mexico exposes a neglected history about the Black experience in the Americas. It's likely more enslaved Black people in the US escaped to Mexico than originally thought.
#undergroundrailroad #undergroundrailroadtomexico #blackhistory #history #latino #latinohistory #racism #slavery
https://www.axios.com/2022/02/08/underground-railroad-mexico-latinos-black-histoy
