[skeeter]

I'm sure Britain ending slavery in its empire (except in its crown jewel, India) was meant as a poke in the eye to its primary opponent in the western hemisphere - us.

Its defies common sense to assume their motives were altruistic.

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

Its defies common sense to assume their motives were altruistic.

William Wilberforce

Black Rednecks and White Liberals - Thomas Sowell

Epistle to Philemon

Slavery and the Civil War.