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No, it’s not. Before American independence the British crown held slaves. Prior to independence both SC and Virginia actually requested to pause or slow down t
by brightball 6y ago
No, it’s not. Before American independence the British crown held slaves.
Prior to independence both SC and Virginia actually requested to pause or slow down the slave trade. They had to make this request to England and it was refused. The Declaration of Independence laid the groundwork for the eventual end of slavery that culminated in the Civil War.
After US independence, Britain began to wash their hands of slavery eventually in 1834. It’s also worth keeping in mind because during the War of 1812 the British attempted to arm both slaves and native Americans to help their war effort...while still practicing slavery themselves. You can imagine the effect such an action had on local relations as well.
America’s independence should be celebrated by everyone. Selective history should not.
- blackhope 6y ago> Before American independence the British crown held slaves. Well exactly. And it was a practice that continued for many, many years afterwards. Arguably the early US economy was mostly built upon slavery. All that wealth created by people forced into labour who received no compensation for their hard work, but instead just enriched the slave owners. It's selective history to ignore this and pretend that America was some beautiful egalitarian society striving towards anti-slavery from the start, and that any slavery that remained was solely the fault of the British. This should be a day of shame and dishonor, if we're not being selective about history.