RT Proudofus.uk (@ProudofusUK)Britain took on fifty nations. African kings. Arab sultans.Bombarded ports. Deposed rulers who refused. Lost 1,600 men. Spent 40% of the entire Treasury.A debt so big it wasn't paid off until 2015. You or your parents were still paying for it.Not for land. Not for gold.To end the slave trade.They captured 1,600 ships. Freed 150,000 people. Patrolled 3,000 miles of coastline for sixty years.And none of it was the government's idea. It was 400,000 ordinary people who signed petit ...

RT Amelia (@AmeliajakSolana)GM Britain ☕️For 300 years, the Barbary pirates enslaved over 1 million Europeans. They raided as far as Iceland, Ireland and Cornwall, emptying entire villages.By 1816, over 30,000 Christian slaves were held in Algiers alone.Britain's response?Lord Exmouth gave the pirates a choice: end the slave trade or lose the city.They chose poorly.The Royal Navy fired 50,000 rounds in 9 hours. Every ship in the harbour destroyed. The city burned.Next morning, Exmouth sent terms. The pirate ...