jayem
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yes, I did not say that slavery ( owning other human beings was not wrong., but to say ( not that you did, but sometimes it seems that people seem to feel that ALL slave owners mistreated their slaves which makes no sense.
That's like saying it's wrong to rob a bank at gunpoint. But it's better if you can calm the bank employees with politeness and sympathy.
I was born and raised in Georgia. The Cornerstone speech that was quoted earlier was given in Savannah, my hometown. Stephen's words makes it clear that the Confederacy's original sin is really white supremacy. That was the justification for slavery. And--sadly--that racial prejudice still exists in this country 162 years later.
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