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When Are The Innocents Of The 21St Century Going To Be Free From The Wrongdoings Of Those Who Lived In The 18Th And 19Th Centuries?
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/// Sir Geoff Palmer said it posed 'uncomfortable questions' for British society as a whole and that institutions who profited on the slave trade to make amends. ///
/// Sir Geoff Palmer said it posed 'uncomfortable questions' for British society as a whole and that institutions who profited on the slave trade to make amends. ///
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perhaps he should remember this.
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one of the first legal slave owner in america was a black man called Anthony Johnson
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one of the first legal slave owner in america was a black man called Anthony Johnson
douglas9401
Well spotted.
Bit late for reparations now. As descendants of slaves are paying tax and NI, if the British government were to start paying reparations, effectively, some of that would be going to the descendants of slaves.
Also...slavery = ‘wrongdoings’.
Blimey.
There’s me think that wrongdoings amounted to stealing from a butcher or perhaps shortchanging a widow on market day.
Had no idea the word now encompassed the activities required to buy human beings to work in fields, allowing for the ones that died in the holds on the way.
Well spotted.
Bit late for reparations now. As descendants of slaves are paying tax and NI, if the British government were to start paying reparations, effectively, some of that would be going to the descendants of slaves.
Also...slavery = ‘wrongdoings’.
Blimey.
There’s me think that wrongdoings amounted to stealing from a butcher or perhaps shortchanging a widow on market day.
Had no idea the word now encompassed the activities required to buy human beings to work in fields, allowing for the ones that died in the holds on the way.
Odd question from an adult."
Why resort to insults?
They could have worked for a few months being paid to get passage back or even worked on the boats to earn their passage.
But they didn't did they as once freed they knew where their bread was buttered.
And of course the black people dealing in slaves would
Dnt go back.
Bottom line it is too long ago now, black westerners are living off the back of it just the same as white or Asian westerners. Need to let it go and mark it down as a poor part of history to learn from and stop it happenin today.
Why resort to insults?
They could have worked for a few months being paid to get passage back or even worked on the boats to earn their passage.
But they didn't did they as once freed they knew where their bread was buttered.
And of course the black people dealing in slaves would
Dnt go back.
Bottom line it is too long ago now, black westerners are living off the back of it just the same as white or Asian westerners. Need to let it go and mark it down as a poor part of history to learn from and stop it happenin today.
sp1814
/// Bit late for reparations now. As descendants of slaves are paying tax and NI, ///
Some are, and some are turning our Capital City into a murder city.
/// Also...slavery = ‘wrongdoings’.
Blimey.
There’s me think that wrongdoings amounted to stealing from a butcher or perhaps shortchanging a widow on market day. ///
Get out your dictionary sp'
Definition of wrongdoing
1 : evil or improper behaviour or action
2 : behaviour that is illegal or immoral.
/// Bit late for reparations now. As descendants of slaves are paying tax and NI, ///
Some are, and some are turning our Capital City into a murder city.
/// Also...slavery = ‘wrongdoings’.
Blimey.
There’s me think that wrongdoings amounted to stealing from a butcher or perhaps shortchanging a widow on market day. ///
Get out your dictionary sp'
Definition of wrongdoing
1 : evil or improper behaviour or action
2 : behaviour that is illegal or immoral.
//They could have worked for a few months being paid to get passage back or even worked on the boats to earn their passage.//
Yeah - because that’s how it worked back in early 19th century.
Once freed, it was a piece of cake for ex-salves to earn enough money to afford a ticket to Africa, with rough left over to start them off.
I’ve literallu never heard a grown up have idea like this.
Also the vast majority are law-abiding, ordinary citizens, who want nothing but to grow up in a safe environment - it’s a tiny minority who joining gangs, and an even smaller one that get involved with violence.
Yeah - because that’s how it worked back in early 19th century.
Once freed, it was a piece of cake for ex-salves to earn enough money to afford a ticket to Africa, with rough left over to start them off.
I’ve literallu never heard a grown up have idea like this.
Also the vast majority are law-abiding, ordinary citizens, who want nothing but to grow up in a safe environment - it’s a tiny minority who joining gangs, and an even smaller one that get involved with violence.
"//They could have worked for a few months being paid to get passage back or even worked on the boats to earn their passage.//
Yeah - because that’s how it worked back in early 19th century.
Once freed, it was a piece of cake for ex-salves to earn enough money to afford a ticket to Africa, with rough left over to start them off.
I’ve literallu never heard a grown up have idea like this."
All fine and dandy. But what has any of it got to do with me (or you, for that matter)? Sir Geoff seems to think that it has.
"The report which was published last week by Glasgow University and is based on more than two years of research, revealed that the institution gained almost £200million in today's money."
So what are they supposed to do (even if it was true)? Those who suffered from slavery are long gone. Their descendants have had 200 years or so to make their own way in life, unencumbered by slavery. It's bad enough people blaming Mrs Thatcher for all their ills when she has been out of power for almost three decades. But to keep harping on about something that was ended (at least in the UK and the Empire) over two centuries ago is a little tiresome.
Yeah - because that’s how it worked back in early 19th century.
Once freed, it was a piece of cake for ex-salves to earn enough money to afford a ticket to Africa, with rough left over to start them off.
I’ve literallu never heard a grown up have idea like this."
All fine and dandy. But what has any of it got to do with me (or you, for that matter)? Sir Geoff seems to think that it has.
"The report which was published last week by Glasgow University and is based on more than two years of research, revealed that the institution gained almost £200million in today's money."
So what are they supposed to do (even if it was true)? Those who suffered from slavery are long gone. Their descendants have had 200 years or so to make their own way in life, unencumbered by slavery. It's bad enough people blaming Mrs Thatcher for all their ills when she has been out of power for almost three decades. But to keep harping on about something that was ended (at least in the UK and the Empire) over two centuries ago is a little tiresome.
Once slavery was abolished the next hurdle was to earn a living. They actually earned next to nothing but out of that had to pay the plantation owners and masters money.
The old song ‘I owe my soul to the company store’ is quite apt for ex slaves, in fact for a great many who worked back then, not just slaves.
However back to the present.
For Funks Sake I wish these people would just grow up. Not everyth8ng has to be compensated with money. But it seems to be the overriding desire. Pay us for what you did to people before us.
History is history. To try and ‘whitewash’ it and change it for present day sensibilities just means that future generations won’t learn from the mistakes.
More often than not these people are intelligent professional people and yet they persist in playing the blame game. Almost making excuses for any of their bandwagon minorities woes.
But hay, that’s not politically correct and will get shot down buy the liberals.
The old song ‘I owe my soul to the company store’ is quite apt for ex slaves, in fact for a great many who worked back then, not just slaves.
However back to the present.
For Funks Sake I wish these people would just grow up. Not everyth8ng has to be compensated with money. But it seems to be the overriding desire. Pay us for what you did to people before us.
History is history. To try and ‘whitewash’ it and change it for present day sensibilities just means that future generations won’t learn from the mistakes.
More often than not these people are intelligent professional people and yet they persist in playing the blame game. Almost making excuses for any of their bandwagon minorities woes.
But hay, that’s not politically correct and will get shot down buy the liberals.
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