Quote Originally Posted by Xiahou
It didn't have much call for slave labor outside of the colonies did it? There isn't going to be much conflict around the issue if no one has a real use for slaves.
I should have said*Abolished throughout the Empire*

Quote Originally Posted by Seamus Fermanagh
Absolutely. Unless you count the anti-slaving raids on slave ships and bases which formed a part of the RN's duties for decades. Note: their efforts to stop that trade were among the more noble efforts of the Empire.
I am fully aware of the duties of the West Africa Squadron. This was not war, though. Merely enforcement of the law and minor confrontations in the sea.

Absolutely. Unless you consider the civil wars and failed foreign interventions that characterized the efforts to prevent the founding of the CCCP or the various internicine conflicts (e.g. Chechnya) continuing in the wake of tis demise. Or for that matter, all the various warm spots of the Cold War.
I must admit that I do not know nor have the time to learn the finer points of the decline of the Soviet Union.