> Ignoring that slavery touched the entirety of the continent, I'm going to guess that means your German ancestors ended up in the Midwest. Probably on Native American lands.

By that logic there isn't a square inch anywhere on the planet that wasn't "touched by slavery".

Which renders the whole notion pretty much irrelevant and diminishes the role of slavery in USA history.

If you only look at a one sentence statement it can seem to diminish things. There's never a need to only look at one sentence though.

You're accusing this guy of only reading one sentence, when you "guessed" that the ancestors of the guy you replied to settled in the Midwest.

He explicitly stated in his comment that they settled in the Midwest.

Might be everybody on all sides of this conversation needs to calm down a bit.

I'll admit to missing one line, I read their post an additional two times after being told that and I missed the line both times before finally catching it. I blame wordwrap and a lack of capitalization, but it was my mistake.

Doesn't change anything I said, it just means I guessed based on a German immigrating to land "never touched by slavery" unnecessarily.

How many European peoples were subjugated and annihilated to get the current population we have today?

It goes back even further than modern humans that likely directly caused or at least aided the extinction of the Neanderthal.

He explicitly says his ancestors ended up in the mid west in his comment.