Re:How Benedict Arnold went from wartime hero to resentful t...
by ekianjo on Monday June 18, 2018 @01:06AM
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It's not like slavery was abolished in all parts around the world before the US. And several states in the US abolished slavery in a few years after the independence war - it became a matter of state policy.
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Re:How Benedict Arnold went from wartime hero to resentful t...
by JetSetWilly on Monday June 18, 2018 @05:15AM
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No, but Britain fought against slavery far earlier and more effectively than other countries, including the US. It saw ridding the world of slavery as its civilising mission. There's a reason why the underground railroad went north to British territories, and why a slave of the mid 19th century would see the Union Flag as the flag of freedom much more than the Stars and Stripes, in contradiction to your statements about the USA being "way more benevolent even in its darkest years".
Re:How Benedict Arnold went from wartime hero to resentful t...
by ekianjo on Monday June 18, 2018 @08:06PM
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Britain as benevolent is so ridiculous when you know they enforced discrimination by race, i.e. segregation in many of their colonies. so lets avoid going preachy against the US please.
Re:How Benedict Arnold went from wartime hero to resentful t...
by JetSetWilly on Thursday June 21, 2018 @08:59AM
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At least we got rid of segregation before the 1950s. Nobody is claiming that Britain is perfect, but to make out the US has some sort of moral high ground on race is ludicrous. Britain's record is a thousand times better, there.