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Originally Posted by jimbomaybe
The colonist were traitors as well,just ask King George, at the time of the civil war states rights were a very big thing, reading the contemporary literature I find it hard to imagine any state would have joined the union if they thought it could not leave it , i am certainly not saying slavery was in any way acceptable but putting in context. It was a matter of time before slavery fell of its own weight depending just how long it might have been better that way considering the cost
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Isn’t it stunning that Europe also had African slaves yet there is rarely any mention of the pervasiveness of it internationally. Their shared history is the basis for the recent solidarity protests abroad. Slavery was not exclusively a white Colonial American phenomenon yet white Americans believe we alone carry the guilt. Oppression and prejudice is real but it is not only dealt to blacks. The strife will only end when we all have respect for the sanctity and dignity of all human life. No one is more valuable than another. The violent destruction of statues and looting of commercial enterprises certainly won’t cause LESS prejudice.