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On Tue, 29 Jul 2025 01:03:57 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

> On Mon, 28 Jul 2025 13:39:34 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
> 
>> The reason the empire collapsed is because they didn't have those
>> things. Britain lost America because of the lack of the Telegraph. You
>> cant run a colony 3000 miles away on packet ships and sealing wax
>> sealed letters.
> 
> They managed to hold on to places like Palestine, South Africa, Hong
> Kong,
> Malaya and Australia, all of which were even further away, for even
> longer.
> 
> But then, of course, none of those places had slaves, at least not like
> the American Colonies did.

What do slaves have to do with the War of Independence? In any case Brits 
have to have big balls to criticize slavery.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/apr/06/the-british-kings-and-
queens-who-supported-and-profited-from-slavery

The Spanish and Portuguese were pissed when the Brits horned in on their 
trade. Elizabeth's pal Hawkins is the best known but Francis Drake cut his 
teeth on a slaver. 

May Britain be forever cursed for bringing Africans to America.