[archeopetrix]

Yes, and you can consider steps taken by India to have had equal amount of impact if not more in the betterment of oppressed. It may not have been a Big Bang improvement like with American civil war but instead slowly over a few decades it has worked quite well

[all2]

I'm always in favor of less bloodshed. On that front the UK and India (I think) have done a much better job than the US did.