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Originally Posted by rustyp
Francis Scott Key author of the star spangled banner was a well know slave owner. There is controversy over verse three with perhaps some reference to slavery but difficult to translate. FYI the melody is from an old British drinking song.
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I’m sick of people trying to apply the self deprecating judgments that exist today to what was going on 200 years ago. Slavery was obviously not a good thing, but it was accepted and prevalent at that time. Slaves were owned in the South and in the North. Slaves were also owned by free blacks. You can’t diminish everything those people back then accomplished because they happened to participate in something that was prevalent at that time. No more than you should be judged forever from something you may have done in the past!