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So pathetic. If you are going to hold the U.S. eternally accountable for slavery then hold most of the world’s countries to the same standard.
Also note how the US is never given credit for ending slavery within it's own borders.
There were quite a few countries that needed the British military to show up to achieve the same.
Yes! Thomas Sowell has a great summary of the world history of slavery and it was eye opening for me. Also, these people wouldn’t donate a dime to organizations trying to fight slavery today. Much easier to virtue signal about slavery in the 1800s.
The republicans back then opposed slavery for the same reason modern republicans oppose illegal immigration now: it drives down wages for the republican base.