Slavery was outlawed in the British Empire in 1833, decades before the U.S. Civil War. The outcome: relative historical obscurity, leaving Britain’s 17th and 18th century luminaries untarnished by their ownership of other human beings. [Guardian]
Slavery was outlawed in the British Empire in 1833, decades before the U.S. Civil War. The outcome: relative historical obscurity, leaving Britain’s 17th and 18th century luminaries untarnished by their ownership of other human beings. [Guardian]