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Apologise for the slave trade - yes or no?
Newest Review: ... spreading around the ship quicker than the blink of an eye. They were fed poor diets of nothing more than millet and yams. You could argue that we were not all that selfish, and did let them have some exercise, but I hardly think that forcing them to dance to bagpipes on the deck of the ship was an act of kindness, but more for the purpose of the crews' entertainment. Throughout this journey, which would last for many months across to the Americas, the Africans captured became weaker and weaker, many not making the journey. Despite having hundreds of others around them, they were lonely. Desperate. Prisoners. Just the way we sold them to Pl... more |
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Apologise for the slave trade - yes or no?: Sorry seems to be the hardest word... (1693 words)
by AmyAmy - written on 01.06.08 (Very useful, 191 readings)
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Entering Third Year in Scottish Secondary Education...picking school subjects...History is top of the priority list. Was it because of the topics we were going to be covering? Not at all, I had no idea what the course covered. It was purely because History is something I have such a passion for, a great love of mine. When I discovered we would be learning about Britain and its connections with the Slave Trade, I didn't know what to expect. I hadn't even heard about the Slave Trade at that point! Am I arrogant? No. It had simply never been brought to my attention. Perhaps this is for a reason - maybe we Brits are ashamed of how our ancestors treated the Africans captured ...
Who would apologise? And who to? (329 words)
by evesapples131 - written on 28.01.08 (Useful, 59 readings)
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I feel that firstly an apology wouldn't really cut the mustard here, with what was inflicted on these men, women and children just saying sorry would be insulting. But... even if there were something that could be said or done to make up for what happened... who would say or do it? And who would they say it to? What I'm saying is, how can we apologise for something we didn't do to someone we didn't do it to. English and American people today are not responsible for what our ancestors did. And African people today can't really expect anyone to accept responsibility. I get really annoyed when you see someone on TV of African descent ...
Apologise for the slave trade - yes or no?: Slavery existed in Britain. too! Yes say sorry!! (296 words)
by paul36 - written on 12.05.07 (Useful, 57 readings)
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Slavery existed in Britain. British citizens were subjected to serfdom. Working for local landowner in exchange for leased piece of land and protection. This was not harsh as as what happened in the 18th century. African slaves were brought to mainland UK and taken to various parts of the British Empire. Worse was workers in cotton and sugar fields in places like the Caribbean and Americas. In UK a consensus was reached amongst slave traders legalising slavery. Slaves in England had some sort of life. It was much different for Africans sold as slaves to the British colonies in and around the American continent. Slaves were shipped in inhumane conditions and ...
