While the British committed a great many historical sins in the course of their Empire, including benefitting, for hundreds of years, from the slave trade, the turn towards abolitionism and suppression of the slave trade in the 19th century is a legitimate good that occurred. Fuck the British Empire's colonialism as a whole, but at least a few of these British lads sailing to free folk from the slave trade occurring between Africa and Arabia are legitimately men worth honoring. Chattel slavery - whether imposed by native or foreign elites - is a fucking evil that deserved suppression.
this post was submitted on 23 Jul 2025
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In this crazy point of history where the entire political world seems to be regressing .... it's a good thing you added the year to the end of that headline ... or else I would have thought this was an event that happened last week.
Look, I'm not SAYING I'm an anti-American traitor ready to swear allegiance to the British crown...
... but if the Brits picked me up tomorrow and told me that us lowly colonials were being freed from the abject form of slavery we're being subjected to... I'd at least think about volunteering for His Majesty's Navy.
I would question what a British naval vessel is doing so far inland though
Must've taken a wrong turn at Albuquerque.
At least you didn't end up on the menu ...... yet
Rescued Slaves Crowd the Deck of the HMS Daphne, 1868 explains the circumstances in a little more detail.