Britse belastingbetalers moesten tot 2015 dokken om slavenhouders te compenseren voor het verlies van hun menselijke eigendommen
On 3 August 1835, somewhere in the City of London, two of Europe’s most famous bankers came to an agreement with the chancellor of the exchequer. Two years earlier, the British government had passed the Slavery Abolition Act, which outlawed slavery in most parts of the empire. Now it was taking out one of the largest loans in history, to
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