contentbotB to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca • 5 months agoTIL that in 1833 Britain used 40% of its national budget to free all slaves in the Empire. The loan for the Slavery Abolition Act was so large that it was not paid off until 2015.www.aaihs.orgexternal-linkmessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up1181arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up1179arrow-down1external-linkTIL that in 1833 Britain used 40% of its national budget to free all slaves in the Empire. The loan for the Slavery Abolition Act was so large that it was not paid off until 2015.www.aaihs.orgcontentbotB to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca • 5 months agomessage-square11fedilinkfile-text
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