Amazon 7 #1 July 14, 2015 It may have ended earlier than ours.. but we learned from them.... the colonies were built on the backs of slaves both white and black from the earliest settlements in the new world. http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jul/12/british-history-slavery-buried-scale-revealed?CMP=fb_gu The Slavery Abolition Act of 1833 formally freed 800,000 Africans who were then the legal property of Britain’s slave owners. What is less well known is that the same act contained a provision for the financial compensation of the owners of those slaves, by the British taxpayer, for the loss of their “property”. The compensation commission was the government body established to evaluate the claims of the slave owners and administer the distribution of the £20m the government had set aside to pay them off. That sum represented 40% of the total government expenditure for 1834. It is the modern equivalent of between £16bn and £17bn. The compensation of Britain’s 46,000 slave owners was the largest bailout in British history until the bailout of the banks in 2009. Not only did the slaves receive nothing, under another clause of the act they were compelled to provide 45 hours of unpaid labour each week for their former masters, for a further four years after their supposed liberation. In effect, the enslaved paid part of the bill for their own manumission. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
funjumper101 15 #2 July 15, 2015 It sure is funny how facts that prove their opinions to be WRONG drive the Reich Wingers into total silence. At least they had had the opportunity to change their opinions via education. Unfortunately the habit of willful, deliberate ignorance is a tough one to overcome. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Anvilbrother 0 #3 July 15, 2015 funjumper101It sure is funny how facts that prove their opinions to be WRONG drive the Reich Wingers into total silence. At least they had had the opportunity to change their opinions via education. Unfortunately the habit of willful, deliberate ignorance is a tough one to overcome. Yeah....um that's not the reason this, or her other 140 view/0 reply thread are not getting any replies. Postes r made from an iPad or iPhone. Spelling and gramhair mistakes guaranteed move along, Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amazon 7 #4 July 15, 2015 Anvilbrother ***It sure is funny how facts that prove their opinions to be WRONG drive the Reich Wingers into total silence. At least they had had the opportunity to change their opinions via education. Unfortunately the habit of willful, deliberate ignorance is a tough one to overcome. Yeah....um that's not the reason this, or her other 140 view/0 reply thread are not getting any replies. I just put it down to the little head thinking.. and an inability to engage with the head on top of the shoulders Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Anvilbrother 0 #5 July 15, 2015 Amazon ******It sure is funny how facts that prove their opinions to be WRONG drive the Reich Wingers into total silence. At least they had had the opportunity to change their opinions via education. Unfortunately the habit of willful, deliberate ignorance is a tough one to overcome. Yeah....um that's not the reason this, or her other 140 view/0 reply thread are not getting any replies. I just put it down to the little head thinking.. and an inability to engage with the head on top of the shouldersIt's this kind of replies that keeps people from discussing things with you. I was hoping you would get the hint when two of your posts got a combined view of over 300 and not a single reply. I was wrong. Postes r made from an iPad or iPhone. Spelling and gramhair mistakes guaranteed move along, Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amazon 7 #6 July 16, 2015 Anvilbrother *********It sure is funny how facts that prove their opinions to be WRONG drive the Reich Wingers into total silence. At least they had had the opportunity to change their opinions via education. Unfortunately the habit of willful, deliberate ignorance is a tough one to overcome. Yeah....um that's not the reason this, or her other 140 view/0 reply thread are not getting any replies. I just put it down to the little head thinking.. and an inability to engage with the head on top of the shouldersIt's this kind of replies that keeps people from discussing things with you. I was hoping you would get the hint when two of your posts got a combined view of over 300 and not a single reply. I was wrong. I upped your attempt at one upmanship....too bad But I do love your threads.... with all the forethought you can seem to muster like "Riots over a shoting turn into free jordans and 40's " I bet you think there just ain't nothing wrong with that.... long thread.... and certainly insightful into some peoples deep seated fears. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Anvilbrother 0 #7 July 16, 2015 Amazon ************It sure is funny how facts that prove their opinions to be WRONG drive the Reich Wingers into total silence. At least they had had the opportunity to change their opinions via education. Unfortunately the habit of willful, deliberate ignorance is a tough one to overcome. Yeah....um that's not the reason this, or her other 140 view/0 reply thread are not getting any replies. I just put it down to the little head thinking.. and an inability to engage with the head on top of the shouldersIt's this kind of replies that keeps people from discussing things with you. I was hoping you would get the hint when two of your posts got a combined view of over 300 and not a single reply. I was wrong. I upped your attempt at one upmanship....too bad SMH..... Postes r made from an iPad or iPhone. Spelling and gramhair mistakes guaranteed move along, Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
