Those who did well out of slavery were the ancestors of freed slaves themselves. Instead of having to live in poor countries (whose leaders actually sold their ancestors into slavery in the first place) get to live and prosper in richer western countries. One can only imagine how much worse their lives would have been had their ancestors not been slaves. How much do you think the ancestors of the slaves should have to pay for this gift? Considering it cost the British taxpayer (in todays money) over £16bn to end slavery, perhaps there should be an "ancestor of slave tax" which could be used to pay reparations to the British people who shouldered the burden of paying to end slavery as a starting point.
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