Sir Charles James Napier

[tay]

When Sati was prohibited in India Charles Napier told protesting Hindu priests "Be it so. This burning of widows is your custom; prepare the funeral pile. But my nation has also a custom. When men burn women alive we hang them, and confiscate all their property..."


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[Blackleaf]

That's what the British Empire did - it civilised the barbarous peoples.