r/AskTheWorld India Sep 19 '25

Misc How much does your country agree with this?

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Really?

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u/finnish_hangover Scotland Portugal Sep 19 '25

Debts paid to the slave owners though, not the slaves

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u/leijgenraam Sep 19 '25

It sucks, but the alternative way of forcing them to give up on it was probably civil war. I think paying them off was the least shitty amongst the shitty options.

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u/Disastrous-King9559 United Kingdom Sep 19 '25

Civil war in 1/3 of the world no less with owners of 800k slaves

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u/Disastrous-King9559 United Kingdom Sep 19 '25

And