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[–] Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social 11 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Okay, Haiti, too. But I don't really count that because it was a slave revolt.

But most of Europe just passed a law saying it was illegal.

[–] PugJesus@kbin.social 14 points 9 months ago

Most of Europe didn't have any significant amount of slavery to ban. Even then, there was considerable resistance - France abolished slavery during the French Revolution (a time of civil war, if you will remember), then reimplemented it, then abolished it again. Most of Latin America abolished slavery only with wars of independence; many of them not even then, having civil wars of their own during which the issue was resolved. Brazil had a coup over abolishing slavery, much of Africa and the Middle East retained the institution until stripped of independence (via war) during the colonial era... the list goes on.

Wars over slavery are presented any time there is a powerful slave-holding elite in a post-Enlightenment society.

[–] MindSkipperBro12@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

While Europe just reformed and compensated the slavers with money, at least we fought a bloody war to end the slavery menace, bringing the emancipation cause to the forefront of the world. Albeit Reconstruction was sadly misused but at least some good was done for the world.

Didn’t European countries invade several African kingdoms and tribes and brought emancipation to their slaves?