While you are here, it is worth remembering that the Notting
Hill Carnival has it's origins as a celebration of the worldwide
abolition
of slavery by Europeans,
which was largely enforced by the then 'British
Empire' |
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William Wilberforce "Thank
God that I have lived to witness the day in which England
is willing to give £20 million for the abolishment of slavery."
He died three days later.
( That was £20,000,000 two hundred
years ago. What would that be worth today ?? ) |
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"Had Europe not decided to end the slave trade and the
New World ceased demanding chattel labour, the transatlantic trade
might still be rolling today. The ending of the obnoxious business
had nothing to do with events in Africa. Rulers and traders there
would have happily continued to sell humans for as long as there
was demand for them. One can only imagine how more determinedly
African merchants would have clung on to the business as goods
offered by European buyers became more attractive with changes
in Western technology. How many souls would African chiefs have
been prepared to trade for a television or a car ?
It is a disturbing thought" ... Continued |
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