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British blacksmith on an anti-slavery patrol boat removing leg irons from a freed slave off the coast of Mozambique, 1907 (lemmy.world)
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[-] MajorHavoc@lemmy.world 34 points 10 months ago

the slaves were treated very badly so when they got the slavers they didn’t give them a very nice time.

I may be reading into it, but I wonder if that's that generations way of saying they beat the shit out of the slavers before turning them over to the authorities, without admitting to anything specific.

[-] Deceptichum@kbin.social 19 points 10 months ago

It is.

Except they were also the authorities.

[-] Kidplayer_666@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago

Police violence?

[-] Agent641@lemmy.world 16 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

They declined to offer them tea. Monstrous behavior from a brit

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