[throw4738]

》 British Empire financed itself with ... slaves for all its History

That is just not true.

British Empire abolished slavery worldwide. They went into war with many countries that supported slavery. They even took huge loan to end slavery, that took hundreds years to repay (until 2015).

[stephenhuey]

Before abolition, profit from slavery was the empire’s largest source of revenue for centuries. A few months ago, Jane Austen led me to do some digging.

https://consideringausten.wordpress.com/austen-and-antigua-s...