Wednesday, November 28, 2012

America Didn’t “End” Slavery After the Civil War -- We Simply Exported It


One of the most enduring myths we love here in America is that we ended our involvement with slavery.
 
One of the most enduring myths we love here in America is that we ended our involvement with slavery after the Civil War.  While our Founders – people like Thomas Jefferson, who wrote “all men are created equal” in the Declaration of Independence but owned slaves himself – were tarnished, morally imperfect hypocrites, in our modern era, we tell ourselves, we’ve risen above that.  We are pure!  We’re no longer tainted by slavery!
If only it were true.



America Didn’t “End” Slavery After the Civil War -- We Simply Exported It

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