Originally Posted by
Ged
I don't think anyone is denying it, nor that black chiefs sold captured slaves on, nor the fact very few landed here, nor the fact we led the abolition, nor the fact it was abolished almost a century before most of our civic buildings were erected, nor that Liverpool's biggest trade was with Ireland and Isle of Man at that time, nor the fact it was the way of the whole world back then, nor the fact other races had slavery long before and after.
Hope putting it into perspective helps us to see the overall picture.
It was abominable but let's not beat ourselves up about it again.
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