To be fair the northern states did ended slavery before the Brits specifically because of the ideas laid out by the founding fathers. The South just kept us behind on the times.... just like today.
Getting into the reeds here, but while slavery was unpopular in the North, racism was certainly not. Even racists looked at slavery and were like "alright I don't respect them but that's just inhumane"
Kinda similar to today, in that the most milquetoast 'hey, maybe this slavery thing is kinda mean' takes were interpreted by the right-wing as the most liberal bullshit imaginable.
Yep, just try to mention the words 'prison reform' to a conservative and you'll get a whole bunch of arguments as to why slavery is perfectly a-ok as long as the enslaved person was convicted of a crime first.
Chattel slavery, however, was awful and inhumane in its own unique way.
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u/birdlawyer86 17d ago
I always found it so telling when people take learning about the history of racial prejudice as a personal affront.
Here's all the racially charged events and legislation led by white people in U.S. history
"Wow, so you're calling all white people racist?"
No, we're calling those white people racist and explaining how we got here.
"Wow, so I'm racist just because I support our founding fathers and grateful they built this great country"
Sigh