200 YEARS AGO: SLAVERY ABOLISHED

200 YEARS AGO: SLAVERY ABOLISHED March 28, 2007

Posted by wmmbb in Human Rights.
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Those who are the descendants of slaves are not so self-congratulatory and equanimitous as those you decided to abolish slavery 200 years ago. Self important people such as Queens and Prime Ministers may be affronted, but I am not sure what I think.Did my forebears, whoever they were, benefit from the slave trade? I doubt it.

Whatever else the direct action of disrupting the commenerative service at Westminister Abbey has the effect of drawing attention to the issue. The protester,Toyin Agbetu, said:

“This nation has never apologised … there was no mention of the African freedom fighters,” he added. “This is just a memorial of William Wilberforce.”