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In reply to the discussion: 75% [View all]Kid Berwyn
(15,026 posts)12. Very Important Post
Thank you, NNadir. Benjamin Franklin was enlightened.
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And yet they were the best of their time -- disenfranchised slaves, women, and all.
ancianita
Jul 2020
#5
looking back on history thru modern eyes is not accurate or deserving to be done
beachbumbob
Jul 2020
#3
Absolutely. My Maine ancestors live on Penobscot land. They've made a peace. How just, I don't know.
ancianita
Jul 2020
#10
As Paul, quoting Psalms, said to the Romans, "there is no righteous man, not even one".
jaxexpat
Jul 2020
#13
Also, many in the NE were involved in the slave trade, even if they did not own any themselves.
Coventina
Jul 2020
#44
There were also slaves in Massachusetts - until the state constitution went into effect
csziggy
Jul 2020
#47
And thank you for your post, particularly the link. I will watch this and spread it around.
ancianita
Jul 2020
#11
I just watched Robinson. You're onto something with the heuristic malpractice idea.
ancianita
Jul 2020
#41
I'm very glad you watched it. It is true that European Imperialism was very much...
NNadir
Jul 2020
#46
And we can operate on two premises at the same time. Smart democracies do that.
ancianita
Jul 2020
#17
And countless white soldiers fought and died so African Americans could be free.
HotTeaBag
Jul 2020
#16
Yes. Yet we still fight the white history revisionists who still think only in zero sum terms.
ancianita
Jul 2020
#19
How so? They fought so that slavery would end. It did, but it's taken on new forms of psychological
ancianita
Jul 2020
#24
You're right. It's been a global problem of history. Still is. How other nations
ancianita
Jul 2020
#22
Did they sow seeds or reap the harvest? I would like to put forth a differing viewpoint.
cayugafalls
Jul 2020
#29
Many of them wanted to abolish slavery, but couldn't because of Southern conservatives...
dsharp88
Jul 2020
#26
True. That "good fight" has seen several iterations over 200 years, all of them violent.
ancianita
Jul 2020
#31
One thing they did right. They made it so the Constitution could be amended.
demigoddess
Jul 2020
#28