Not in the scale of enslaving 2/3rd of the world. In fact many nations had put an end to the practice way before colonialism.
And of course those countries didn't pride themselves on their christian or englitenment values, or beings democratic, and having some "white man's burden" of civilizing the world.
>- Democracy didn't exist when the west was also active in the slavery market.
You don't need democracy to abolish slavery.
Not in the scale of enslaving 2/3rd of the world. In fact many nations had put an end to the practice way before colonialism.
Colonization was how slavery was justified, commercialized and gone global, and colonial subjects were treated as an abundant work force for their colonial masters (when they were not hunted for fun, treated as animals, or displayed on "human zoos").
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/sep/08/europe...
But even if I was "conflating" the too, that would at best a mistake in the use of words, not a "horribly" (sic) thing to do. Slavery and/or colonization themselves would be actual examples of horrible things to do.
- Slavery was the norm before western countries got involved with it as well.
- Democracy didn't exist when the west was also active in the slavery market. I do not know too much about the US though.