On Mon, 2 Aug 2004, Teo Zenios wrote:
I think the British did outlaw outright slavery before
we did in the US (not
sure what their reason would be). I do find it comical when blacks ask for
reparations for slavery, since it was black people in Africa enslaving other
blacks in the first place, the brits just provided shipping to get them here
to the US.
Ugh. There is this little thing called "demand" that, in most systems of
trade, works in unison with the concept of "supply".
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