Slavery should be abolished

Today marked the 200th anniversary of Britain
abolishing slavery,albeit 200 years late.This
wasnt something that Britain should have expected
praise for,the same way we expect no thanks for
not embracing fascism in world war 2.You dont
thank someone for not raping,killing and
subjecting your family to eternal servitude.
I do believe this event should be marked as the
beginning of the end of slavery. Would the U.S.
have followed suit later that century,if the UK
had not?
Should we apologize for the sins of our
countrymen? I believe not. My ancestors would
have been peasants working the fields here in
Liverpool and Ireland 300\400 years ago,and then
to a lifetime of misery in the workhouse with the
advent of the industrial age.Last century they
were forced to fight in the trenches of Belgium
or face firing squads,without even the right to
Universal suffrage.The last 500 years of human
history have been brutal for all nations,the best
way we can make reperations to our ancestors is
by never forgetting the past and by never
repeating past atrocities.
Slavery,by the way,is still a reality in Africa
and India.Whose fault is that?Who should be
ensuring its abolition today? The UK has been
involved militarily in Bosnia,Kosovo,Sierra
Leonne,Kuwait,Afghanistan and of course Iraq in
the last 10 years alone.
It is a thankless task.

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