Letter written in 1847 to Sandbach, Tinne and Company’s Liverpool office reveals it engaged in practice after receiving taxpayer-funded compensation, book says
  • RobotToaster@mander.xyzEnglish
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    4 days ago

    That British ships continued to illegally carry slaves isn’t exactly news, the West Africa squadron’s original task was hunting them down.

    • ohulancutash@feddit.ukEnglish
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      4 days ago

      Then they invented indentured servants to replace slaves, and the Navy ensured a global monopoly meaning even other empires had to pay Britain for cheap labour. Only ended in the mid-1920s.