@thinkingwest This still continues today via the COMMONWEALTH (the commoners wealth the term has a sense of irony)
Ref: https://t.co/CAn3d8OeUC.
https://t.co/fgJLV4paxX
@thinkingwest Bear with mind slavery was abolished but the land, rules and infrastructure was still governed by Britain and by order of the Queen. Britain was in a unique position as they could offer the infrastructure as a way to offer newly freed slaves much less in trade for products.