> It was catch up to the entire rest of the world The rest of the world is irrelevant to whether or not it is radical within the context of America. Your poin

> It was catch up to the entire rest of the world The rest of the world is irrelevant to whether or not it is radical within the context of America. Your point makes zero sense given that American fought literally its most bloody war America to make abolishing slavery a reality. Comparing us to other places is fallacious. Your example of France in particular makes no sense given that American and France were not in the same starting positions so saying that their ending positions are not the same and that that means it's not radical is illogical. France did not embed chattel slavery into its own foundations. Simply put, America was much further behind and the progress it did make was a lot for where it started out from.