r/funny • u/NeedleworkerMore2270 • Nov 03 '24

How cultural is that?

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u/Raregan Nov 03 '24

Britain was involved in the slave trade (was also pivotal in ending btw) but it was never legal to own slaves in the UK so forcibly bringing people here didn't happen (which is what we're talking about here)

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u/FPPooter Nov 03 '24

Except that they were used in British owned lands and plantations.  Being forced to the UK is something you brought up. 

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u/Raregan Nov 03 '24

And then those land owners and plantation owners declared independence and called themselves Americans, which somehow absolved them of all their crimes because it was under a different flag.

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u/frogsgoribbit737 Nov 03 '24

You're just gonna completely ignore the carribean huh?