Quote Originally Posted by Kralizec View Post
In our defense, we only did it because all the cool nations dit it at the time. Give us a break.
It was the norm among everyone who were able to do it. It only stopped being the norm when some countries decided it was not morally acceptable, defying the opinion of everyone else but them. And Britain proceeded to make this an immoveable testing point for foreign policy, devoting massive resources to stopping slavery. And despite that defiance of historical norms to pursue an ethical ideal and being the first in history to go out of our way to enforce said ideal, we're still blamed for the original actions which everyone else was also doing, while our singular actions in ending the practice are ignored.

Is there any other country in history that has done more to end slavery across the world than Britain?