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Dark side of the Empire is exposed as New York museum highlights how Britain built wealth on the back of slavery
UK Daily Mail ^ | March 1, 2020 | Chris Dyer

Posted on 03/01/2020 4:08:23 AM PST by C19fan

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Curious if the MET will redesign the American Galleries and the works of art donated by the 19th Century NY bankers and industralists who got wealthy off slavery and cheap labor too?
1 posted on 03/01/2020 4:08:23 AM PST by C19fan
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And then the Empire set up slave patrols and effectively ended slavery. Will they cover that too?


2 posted on 03/01/2020 4:11:47 AM PST by Gen.Blather
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MANHATTAN, NEW YORK Site of New York Slave Market Where now stands a 42-story condominium tower of marble, glass and steel was once the central market of New York’s slave trade.
3 posted on 03/01/2020 4:17:37 AM PST by mewzilla (Break out the mustard seeds.)
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Turnaround is fair play. All the Brits ever do is talk down America and American achievement. Don’t be so thin-skinned.


4 posted on 03/01/2020 4:19:11 AM PST by miss marmelstein (Prayers for Rush)
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To: Gen.Blather

Of course not, it doesn’t fit their narrative.


5 posted on 03/01/2020 4:36:52 AM PST by MissEdie (I am South Carolina Strong.)
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Lets see the Africans did it, the romans did it, the Spaniards did it, the Greeks did it, the Russians did it, the Chinese did it, but it was the british...............more crap from the left socialist commies ginning up slavery and keeping racism alive


6 posted on 03/01/2020 4:43:02 AM PST by ronnie raygun (nicdip.com)
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7 posted on 03/01/2020 4:46:52 AM PST by sauropod (David Horowitz: “Inside every progressive is a totalitarian screaming to get out.”)
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The Metropolitan Museum of Agenda.


8 posted on 03/01/2020 5:06:43 AM PST by headstamp 2 (There's a stairway to heaven, but there's also a highway to hell.)
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and what about the wealth generated from patent law, development of the sciences that buoyed the patents.... all culminating in the Industrial revolution?

.... or are they trying to say the black were responsible for that too?

The industrial revolution processed much money as the greatness of Britain came through, powering Britain in global trade and commerce.

It’s whitey, these same people which had a huge hand in the freeing of the slaves in 1820 globally while islam kept running slaves. There are over a dozen nations in Africa where islam still openly practices slavery today.

Did they stop to mention islam and it’s role in the trans Sahara slave trade?
Did they stop to mention mansa musu and his involvement?

The hate mongers are blinded and have lost any form of understanding and objectivity.
let’s ask Louis Farakhan about his muslim brothers and their role in the trade.
let’s get some truth happening! lol


9 posted on 03/01/2020 5:24:20 AM PST by himno hero (had'nff)
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The Chinese, the American globalists and many others are still doing it today, i.e. exploiting cheap labor to get fabulously rich.


10 posted on 03/01/2020 5:26:30 AM PST by Cecily
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This was the whole world before the 19th century.

It was the British Empire that ended the slave trade out of moral rather than economic grounds.

Enough with the self flagellation. The West should be proud of its itself. It gave rise to the entire modern world - not only all the technology and all the systems but also concepts like Democracy and the Rights of Man.


11 posted on 03/01/2020 5:47:03 AM PST by FLT-bird
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How about Ivy League universities disgorge their unjust enrichment stemming from slave trading profits - adjusted for inflation.

It will run well into the billions.


12 posted on 03/01/2020 5:48:18 AM PST by FLT-bird
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"'For all the beauty of these objects, the British Empire was the backbone of the British economy and the funds made available to produce these things is in part due to the empire and the slave trade - and you have to acknowledge that.'"

Acknowledge this also:

Slavery was a fundamental part of all civilizations, from the dawn of history until the 19th century, when Western Civilization outlawed slavery!

It is Western Civilization--including Great Britain and the United States--that made slavery illegal and eliminated it from their jurisdictions!

Slavery is one of the most hideous evils ever devised by man or the devil!

Unfortunately, slavery still exists in the world today--yes, in the 21st century--but NOT in the nations in which Western Civilization and Christianity prevail.

Those interested in fighting against this hideous evil might want to support the American Anti-Slavery Group. This is an abolitionist organization dedicated to fighting against and eliminating slavery from the face of the earth.

Here's its webpage:

https://www.iabolish.org

13 posted on 03/01/2020 5:49:26 AM PST by Savage Beast (The Democrats consider the USA an evil, racist, nazi nation that must be destroyed.)
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Article filed under “This Just In!”


14 posted on 03/01/2020 5:53:34 AM PST by oldplayer
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Has Whitey ever done anything right?


15 posted on 03/01/2020 5:54:58 AM PST by ComputerGuy (Heavily-medicated for your protection)
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and make no mistake if western civilization were ever to fall, slavery would be back instantly.

Actually the westerners would BE the slaves.


16 posted on 03/01/2020 5:57:41 AM PST by TexasFreeper2009
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Actually if America were to actually be beaten and occupied, the greatest rape, pillage and enslavement in the history of the world would ensue.


17 posted on 03/01/2020 5:59:02 AM PST by TexasFreeper2009
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Yes. Just as there have always been people eager to seize control of the USA and subvert its vast wealth and power to their own possession, there have also always been people who would readily enslave other people.

There are today.

Such people have been restrained by law and by the traditions of Western Civilization in the past.

If such restraints were released--or even weakened--such people would attempt to achieve such ambitions and might succeed.

18 posted on 03/01/2020 6:03:58 AM PST by Savage Beast (The Democrats consider the USA an evil, racist, nazi nation that must be destroyed.)
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Yes, the Brirts brought slavery to the American colonies, they are the the ones who should pay reparations. Open your purse Queen Elizabeth.

This madness can go on forever.


19 posted on 03/01/2020 6:05:12 AM PST by cookcounty (Susan Rice: G Gordon Liddy times 10.)
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“pulent wealth amassed from slave labour. The renovation cost roughly $22 million”

Slave labor?
Like Amazon warehouse work? H1B replacements crushing wages of citizens?

So rich folls scamming tax deductible bucks for building a museum for rich folks to see what rich folks have
done.

Just wondering if they can see the irony in this whole escapade?


20 posted on 03/01/2020 6:09:58 AM PST by Macoozie (Handcuffs and Orange Jumpsuits)
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