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Pedeville 2 points ago +2 / -0

Ottomans had slaves into 1900s. Middle East still have slaves. Africans and Asians as well. If Democrats didnt use slavery to manipulate people now, they woulda used something else. Slavery is not the issue. Every country used to have slaves, you dont see Norwegian Sami rioting or Australian Aboriginies.

Not saying slavery good or anything, but if they had eliminated it from the start, the Democrats would just be using something else to get a rize of people. Also if they had eliminated it from the start, the rich slave owners might've joined Brits instead. Washington also banned Americans from getting their own slaves, so all the slaves brought to the US after1776 was from other people.

But yeah, make a freedom country and not bann slavery is kinda nonsensical

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stratocaster_patriot 2 points ago +2 / -0

To be honest I'd rather Dems fond something else to rile us up instead of having black people in our country who hate us and seem to hate themselves as well. Some of them are decent but in general out nation would be better had they never been here in the first place. We would still have some black immigrants that are of benefit to us.

Those handful of slave owners who would have sided with the British would not have had any power to significantly change the outcome. I mean it is something interesting to consider but I don't really see how that would be a game changer.

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dingdongbob 2 points ago +2 / -0

That's the thing. A large number of black people in the US are descendants of immigrants, not slaves, but the children of these black immigrants end up abandoning their own heritage and integrating with the problematic black american culture that exists due to slavery.