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The Empire Pays Back

Writer: Tony Snow

Introduction | Slave-owner compensation | Legacy of slavery | Apologies | Profit and loss

Slave-owner compensation

The British government however, provided £20 million in compensation to the slave-owners who had lost their 'property.' Each plantation owner received compensation of £12 14s 4¾d (£1270) in today's terms for each emancipated slave. Meanwhile, the ex-slaves received nothing but hollow promises. In 1865 the US Congress established the Freedmen's Bureau. Its purpose was to distribute 850,000 abandoned and confiscated acres of land to former slaves. But the distribution never happened and former Confederates were allowed to reclaim the property.

Legacy of slavery >

Britain's Slave Trade

Britain's role in the slave trade
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