Britain's Complicit History: Unpacking the State Backed Enslavement The recent release of the Register of British Slave Traders has shed light on a dark chapter in British history, exposing the extent to which both major political parties of the time – the Tories and Whigs – supported and benefited from the transatlantic slave trade.
The abolition of slavery is often hailed as a moral triumph, but the facts reveal a more complex reality: that enslavement was not only tolerated but actively facilitated by the state and its ruling elite.
The involvement of politicians in the Royal African Company (RAC) and its predecessors is particularly egregious.