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2024-06-01 16:47:25 UTC - NOT_HELPFUL
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NNN. In 1740 when Rule Britannia was set to music by Thomas Arne adapted from a poem by James Thompson and David Mallet, Britain was reaching the peak of the slave trade. Britons never shall be slaves could be seen as bragging. https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/museum/online-collections/blog/lasting-legacies-reminders-of-slavery-around-the-uk#:~:text=Although%20London%20and%20Bristol%20were,voyages%20from%20Liverpool%20to%20Africa.
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