There's actually shed loads in the plus column of British Imperialism. Check out the annexation of Benin in 1897 when we spent blood and treasure to stop the king, who owned all his subjects as slaves, selling them to Arab traders or nailing them up in human sacrifical crucifixion.Originally Posted by Ash
In India, we also stopped Brahmins murdering untouchables if their shadow fell on them.
Calcutta Uni let in women a decade before Oxbridge.
But the slave trade, Jamaican plantation system, the 15m dead in the 1877-8 famine in India or even the Amritsar massacre just after they'd helped us win WW1 do let the side down a bit.
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