TIL that in 1833 Britain used 40% of its national budget to free all slaves in the Empire. The loan for the Slavery Abolition Act was so large that it was not paid off until 2015.
https://www.aaihs.org/british-culpability-in-the-trading-and-enslavement-of-africans/#:~:text=%E2%80%9CIn%201833%2C%20Britain%20used%20%C2%A3,to%20end%20the%20slave%20trade.%E2%80%9D
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