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Thread #162822   Message #3878450
Posted By: Keith A of Hertford
24-Sep-17 - 03:50 AM
Thread Name: BS: Robert Owen
Subject: RE: BS: Robert Owen
Al, the Truck Acts abolished pay in tokens instead of cash, which Owen and other reformers campaigned against.
The system could and did sometimes lead to debt bondage.
The last actual slaves in Britain were emancipated in 1775. These were slaves bought abroad and imported, usually as domestic servants.