Topic: Taxpayers

The conversation shifts to white British identity and the historical ignorance surrounding the British Empire's role in the slave trade. Jonnie Jensen cites a 2018 article from The Guardian revealing that British taxpayers only finished paying off the debt incurred by the 1833 Slavery Abolition Act in 2015. This debt was used to compensate slave owners for their "loss of property," a fact many citizens were unaware of while contributing to the repayment through taxes.