#OtD 1 Aug 1834 slavery in the British Caribbean officially ended, and the 800,000 enslaved were "freed". Govt compensated former owners, at taxpayers' expense, paying them £20 million, and the enslaved were forced to work for free for four more years https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8043/british-caribbean-slavery-abolished?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon