Apologise for the slave trade - yes or no? Reviews

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

If I told you slavery was on the increase then you wouldn’t believe me. I’m not talking about men being chained together and transported across the Atlantic Ocean; but I am talking about modern day slavery, something the West still benefits heavily from. On the news the other day I saw an undercover UN childcare agency operation, ...

Saying sorry for the slave trade… This is a tough one and I know I will not come to a conclusion about this. Therefore this is more of an argument and my personal reviews for and against. My background is mixed; I recently found out that my Jamaican Grandfather was born to a Spanish mother and Afro Caribbean father. So the changes ...

No we should not! This happened a long time ago and British was no worse than any other nation and we were one of the first to ask for ending of slavery. What good will an apology do now. None of the people alive today had anything to do with this evil trade. Those that did were small in numbers and died out long before I was ...

This question is one that I have been thinking about for a while so was pleasantly surprised to see it here on the speakers corner. Should we as British people apologise for the slave trade? Now I have been thinking about this for a while. I must first state for the record that slavery is a terrible crime. It is indeed a blot on our ...

I personally think we have no right to apologise for the slave trade. There are two entirelly different reasons I feel this way. First of all, none of us were around at that point. Yes, many rich families today made their wealth due to slavery, but that cannot be blamed on the individuals alive now. I'm sure many of them feel ashamed ...

I don't believe the issue is to whom we need apologize to at this juncture (for slave trade). I find that our concern to make an apology stems from guilt over actions of our ancestors; whom, being a product of their times and human beings, always creatures of mischief and mayhem. We once were, are now still and will continue to be brutes who ...

Will an apology from Britain be a way of denigrating Britain’s achievements in the past? Will it fail to recognise the role of others in the trade? Will it serve as another means of ‘Britain bashing’ by some people opposed to its colonial past. Is it simply too late for any apology to be meaningful? I don’t think there is a clear-cut ...

Slavery has been around for a very long time. It dates back to Sumer, perhaps before that. Arab world traded in slaves since the 8th century. They used to raid Africa, parts of America and believe it or not on many occasssions took whole villages near coasts around England and Wales. Not to mention Europe, places like Spain and several ...