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AllTooEasy

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5. I hear ya, but when I see the White House, I think of the MUCH MORE EXTENSIVE pain of my ancestors

Reply to Rhiannon12866 (Original post)

Tue May 9, 2023, 03:23 AM

May 2023

On 25 March 1807, King George III signed into law the Act for the Abolition of the Slave Trade, banning slave trading within the British Empire. After that, twelve of our fucking presidents, including Thomas Jefferson, supported slavery or gave lip-service to abolishing it. Twelve, and it still took +250k dead Southerners to make that happen in the 1860s.

(Note: Full emancipation within the British Empire wasn't effectively achieved until 1838)

Yeah the crown brought the pain, but the our leaders unnecessarily extended it.

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'When I see the crown I think of the pain of my ancestors': Expert on King Charles III coronation [View all] Rhiannon12866 May 2023 OP

In their official portraits, he looks like his grandmother, she like a mismatched chess piece . . . Journeyman May 2023 #1

I caught part of the anachronistic coronation ceremony and it was pretty surreal Rhiannon12866 May 2023 #2

They'll certainly support who & what they will . . . Journeyman May 2023 #3

I remember staying up and watching Diana's wedding, she seemed pretty ideal to me Rhiannon12866 May 2023 #4

I hear ya, but when I see the White House, I think of the MUCH MORE EXTENSIVE pain of my ancestors AllTooEasy May 2023 #5