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> every living former U.S. president – except Donald Trump – are direct descendants of slaveholders True, and I bet in the Trump family there were Slave trader
by jmclnx 3y ago
> every living former U.S. president – except Donald Trump – are direct descendants of slaveholders
True, and I bet in the Trump family there were Slave traders. If you look back further enough I believe everyone is a descendant of both a slave and slave owner.
There is a lot more history about Slavery than in just in the US. Only the US has detail records about it, thus easier to research.
What matters is how people view this practice now and understand the full history of it.
- CharlesW 3y ago> There is a lot more history about Slavery than in just in the US. This article notes up front that it's specifically about slavery in America. > What matters is how people view this practice now and understand the full history of it. As an American, my take is that many Americans aren't bothered by it, in part because they don't know much about it. Many of those same people are laying a foundation that prevents current and future generations from learning about it, much less understanding it.