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syncomatic_columbia t1_j1u1zlv wrote

Reply to comment by THP_music in It's a day late but Happy "Washington Crossing the Delaware Day" to all who celebrated by rollotomasi07071

I think we can accept some things about history and historical figures while denouncing others given our modern perspective. There will probably be things about our Era future people will think it's bullshit or stupid. I'm not defending slavery at all, but the reality is slavery was intertwined into the American economy and that's why we needed a civil war to get rid of it. That was almost 100 years later from this crossing... at this time virtually nobody thought slavery was bad and frankly they had bigger fish to fry evidently. We can accept none of these people were on a high moral standing re: slavery while appreciating their impact on our country... the issue isn't black and white

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THP_music t1_j1umwdb wrote

It’s easy to dismiss that which didn’t impact your families for generation. Maybe you can accept it. I refuse to.

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syncomatic_columbia t1_j1uuja2 wrote

When did I dismiss or accept slavery? Historians for decades have agreed (besides Ulrich Phillips, who was an actual racist) that slavery was intertwined into the US economy, especially post market rev (~1820s-40s) with cotton and textile mills, etc. Slavery wasn't even a thought in the 1700s, basically everyone accepted it like I said... I'm not accepting slavery as a good thing, just that history is multifaceted and rarely "this good this bad"

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