MrsMaxDeWinter · Yesterday 11:10
Ahh yes that old crock, the gallant British, riding to the rescue to abolish the slave trade, out of the goodness of their hearts. Perhaps look into the reasons they did so. As for your last sentence, they were their enemies that they were dealing with, from other tribes.
No "old crock". And they weren't all from "enemy tribes". Some had just annoyed the Top Man.
Perhaps you would like to educate us on the reasons the British Navy patrolled to end the Trade, if it was not a growing conviction that the trade was WRONG ?
From BBC Bitesize. Is that OK for you?
Key points From the 1770s in Britain, a movement developed to bring the slave trade to an end. This is known as the abolitionist movement.
The work of politicians, ordinary workers, women and the testimonies of formerly enslaved people all contributed to the British abolitionist movement.
In 1807, the British Parliament passed the Abolition of the Slave Trade Act. This ended the buying and selling of enslaved people within the British Empire, but it did not protect those already enslaved. Many enslavers continued to trade illegally.
Hundreds of thousands of people remained enslaved. It took a further 30 years of campaigning before slavery was abolished in most British colonies.