Tag: Abolition of Slavery

In all the mindless clamour to shame Britain into paying eye-watering 'reparations' for slavery, it is forgotten that Britain had to force Africa to give up its slaving ways. Peter Harris tells the untold story.

The constant calls for Britain to apologise for slavery miss one hugely important fact: that Britain was almost single-handedly responsible for abolishing the abhorrent trade, at immense cost to itself.

UCL lecturer Dr Jenny Bulstrode has stoked outrage with her “historically stupid” suggestion that Britain did not end the slave trade.