tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post1911499269812539079..comments2023-12-11T08:49:46.305+00:00Comments on Dizzy Thinks: Why not celeberate Wilberforce?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post-37232139319346149922006-11-28T14:40:00.000+00:002006-11-28T14:40:00.000+00:00In the Doomsday Book there was approx. 10% of the ...In the Doomsday Book there was approx. 10% of the population in slavery.<br /><br />These poor souls lived mainly in areas where 'Britons' were still dominant, i.e.Cornwall, Devon.<br /><br />England abolished slavery in 1102.<br /><br />A few entrepreneurs made a fortune out of a universally accepted trade.<br /><br />Maybe we should consider that we now refuse to sell guns on our streets but can manage to arm unstable countries the world over...Etzel Panglosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03406597168530012673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post-23713035263605813852006-11-27T18:39:00.000+00:002006-11-27T18:39:00.000+00:00Well done for plugging William Wilberforce. He was...Well done for plugging William Wilberforce. He was born in my home town of Wisbech. I was going to get round to writing about him sometime, but you have beaten me to it. I'm sure Daily Propoganda will be proud too of this Fenland connection.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post-46903662316681825612006-11-27T18:35:00.000+00:002006-11-27T18:35:00.000+00:00What about the black vote? I'm joking.What about the black vote? I'm joking.Praguetoryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16520923731691837948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post-34416856093672325722006-11-27T11:32:00.000+00:002006-11-27T11:32:00.000+00:00I agree completely, Dizzy. No Brit alive today has...I agree completely, Dizzy. No Brit alive today has been a slave owner or been a slave. Why can't they just let what happened go? Especially since Britain was the first big slave trading nation to abolish slave trading (1807) and then the owning of slaves(1833)!<br /><br />http://thethunderdragon.blogspot.com/2006/11/make-no-apology.htmlThunderDragonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09022244110521962876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post-39300784321309728692006-11-27T09:46:00.000+00:002006-11-27T09:46:00.000+00:00I agree. We should be celebrating a great Tory ach...I agree. We should be celebrating a great Tory achievement with Britian leading the way in banning the slave trade and indeed having anti slaving patrols for something like 100 years.<br /><br />Labour won't shout about Conservative achievements though.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post-92089243767189625612006-11-27T09:22:00.000+00:002006-11-27T09:22:00.000+00:00Too right Dizzy - Brits ( and Tories) worked to st...Too right Dizzy - Brits ( and Tories) worked to stop the trade. Lets remember the Great Democracy took another 60 years, and there are still countries which practice it.<br />And who actually ( in real terms) benefitted the most? Why, the Arabs &Black African slavers who sold their own people.<br />I noticed a call to fine and tax the Banks which benefitted. I would love to know which they were.kinglearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10252474133821652670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post-2670920513192337752006-11-27T08:57:00.000+00:002006-11-27T08:57:00.000+00:00I note that Robert Catesby Esq, holiday relief for...I note that Robert Catesby Esq, holiday relief for the very splendid Guido Fawkes, has compiled a long list of other issues requiring apology.<br /><br />Perhaps a fresh meme for the day?<br /><br />(my personal favorite would involve an apology to the citizens of England for the signing of the Union Treaty of 1707)Legacy Userhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16781241312873795488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post-65812560022402863532006-11-27T08:36:00.000+00:002006-11-27T08:36:00.000+00:00Agree totally, blogged on the same theme, its as r...Agree totally, blogged on the same theme, its as relevant as the leader of the Norfolk County Council apologising for the damage to London and Colchester in the first century ADGuthrumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17499979740864497256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post-29738224233104145732006-11-27T08:19:00.000+00:002006-11-27T08:19:00.000+00:00Left Wing self hatred, its so destructive.Left Wing self hatred, its so destructive.Serfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03298915724856708344noreply@blogger.com