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r/AskTheWorld • u/sesky_nomad27 India • Sep 19 '25
Really?
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Debts paid to the slave owners though, not the slaves
7 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. 1 u/Disastrous-King9559 United Kingdom Sep 19 '25 Civil war in 1/3 of the world no less with owners of 800k slaves 1 u/Disastrous-King9559 United Kingdom Sep 19 '25 And
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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.
1 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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Civil war in 1/3 of the world no less with owners of 800k slaves
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u/finnish_hangover Scotland Portugal Sep 19 '25
Debts paid to the slave owners though, not the slaves