Indeedthe dusky-skinned would generally not have reached the position of valet in a Victorian household.
Were, on the other hand, said entry to be suggesting that Jeeves is a slave, the suggestion is equally misplaced, as slavery was abolished in Britain in 1807, a full 30 years before Her Majesty Queen Victoria came to the throne.
(Were, on the other hand, said entry to be suggesting that Jeeves is a slave, the suggestion is equally misplaced, as slavery was abolished in Britain in 1807, a full 30 years before Her Majesty Queen Victoria came to the throne.
TV's Nosemonkey,
Fri 14 Nov 2003, 13:16,
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I'm sorrybut I couldn't think of anything relating to old people or the disabled so I thought I'd stick to good old fashioned racism
( GeordieSteve,
Fri 14 Nov 2003, 13:27,
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That's quite all right old chapa little bit of unthinking racial stereotyping never hurt anyone.
/my pseudo old-fashioned writing style
(actually I found it rather funny)
(/my pseudo old-fashioned writing style
(actually I found it rather funny)
TV's Nosemonkey,
Fri 14 Nov 2003, 13:31,
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NoThe British Empire abolished slavery following the 1806 Slave Trade Abolition Act, which passed into law in 1807. The first attempt to abolish it was 1782. France followed suit in 1819, Spain was bribed to do so in 1820 (we forked out £400,000 for that one), and Portugal got £300,000 to end slavery by 1830. However, His Majesty's Navy still had to patrol the Atlantic to prevent slave smugglers from getting through to supply the Americans, who as we all know, were none too keen to let their "Negroes" go free.
( TV's Nosemonkey,
Fri 14 Nov 2003, 13:45,
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