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RobotToaster
mander.xyz

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

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ohulancutashreply
feddit.uk

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.

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British corporation continued trafficking of enslaved Africans to Guyana 40 years after abolition | Spyke