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Originally Posted by RichardCoulter

Slaves were effectively bought by the Government and then freed, so no!

The Government had to borrow money to do this and the idea of the state compensating slave owners was opposed by some:

https://www.taxjustice.net/2020/06/0...-uk-questions/

From Richard's link, a small extract:

Kris Manjapra‘s article, along with the work of historian David Olusoga inspired this blog, our investigations, and our Freedom of Information requests on this subject.

The named people are (I hope) British citizens fully entitled to their opinion and to publish whatever they wish.

But my point here is that they are not of English heritage or culture and their calls to erase the English culture should be rejected. I won't go much into the merits of compensating the slaves - they are long dead and their ancestors, if they could be found, are obviously not entitled to compensation for slavery they have not had to endure.

The article is frankly poisonous, even if there is underlying historical truth.