Summary points:

The loan likely took so long (EDIT: to repay) because they kept refinancing it.

They paid the slaveholders. Not the slaves. This was not reparations to the enslaved for centuries of slavery...

In fact, they actually paid roughly half price for each slave and uh forced the former slaves to work as apprentices for 4 to 6 years to cover the rest of the cost. These apprentices received no compensation.

And then basically the entire history of the abolitionist movement in the UK was whitewashed, written about white abolitionists, many of whom were a ok with other forms of imperialism and colonialism, often directly profiting from it personally.

I won’t try to diminish or defend the massive hypocrisy or numerous ethical problems presented by the way the British government handled abolition. I’ll only say that it was better than doing nothing at all.

Those kind hearted poms..

Also remember all the shit that they stole, the atrocities they committed, and (continues to) lie about, from all of their colonies.

The Australian Broadcasting Corporation has a TV and Radio documentary series called "Stuff The British Stole"

• https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/stuff-the-british-stole
• https://iview.abc.net.au/show/stuff-the-british-stole

I'm listening to this podcast, history of Africana philosophy, and is the first time I heard about history and the British empire, where they weren't completely trash. Like they used the royal navy to patrol the African coast, capture slave ships and free the people onto Sierra Leone.