Always remember.
The kings of England refused the colonies repeated requests to end slavery.
“As long as the colonies are under the Crown, there will be slavery there.”
When the revolutionary war started, seven northern colonies wound up declaring slavery illegal and done.
Good point. There are many things I could have brought up.
The British banned slavery decades before America did.
What kings would those be? I can see George III in particular, but the empire itself abolished slavery in 1807.
And who are you quoting? A search engine shows this thread as the only source.
“When the revolutionary war started, seven northern colonies wound up declaring slavery illegal and done.”
That is an interesting comment.
May we see your data?
“When the revolutionary war started, seven northern colonies wound up declaring slavery illegal and done.”
That is an interesting comment.
May we see your data?
Well, Britain ended slavery decades before we did and it didn’t cost 700,000 lives
And within less than a century, Britain was leading the international effort to end slavery in Africa, and they did it.
Uncle Tom's Cabin was a bestseller in Britain. Some historians credit it for helping to prevent Britain from aiding the Confederacy during the Civil War.
Some of Britain's elite wanted to lend military support to the CSA. British industrialists still got much of their cotton from the South. But so many common British voters were rooting for the North, Parliament declined aid to the CSA. They decided to focus more on India for their cotton needs.
So on balance, Britain did far more to end slavery than to preserve it. More than any other modern nation.
“The kings of England refused the colonies repeated requests to end slavery.”
Actually the Royal government issued two emancipation proclamations during the Revolutionary War.
Dunmore’s Proclamation of 1775 and the more expansive Philipsburg Proclamation of 1779.
Had Loyalists defeated the rebellion then slavery in North America would have ended 80 years before the Civil War.
History may not be your strong suit.
England doesn’t have citizens, they are called subjects. It seems to work for them and I am OK with that.
Better go back and read your history. Britton outlawed slavery before we did. The US didn’t outlaw slavery until 1865. Britain outlawed it in 1833.