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Uncle Joe

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20. P.S. One other point, I have no doubt that

Reply to 1939 (Reply #13)

Mon Jul 13, 2015, 06:02 PM

Jul 2015

the bitterness and hatred; which was spawned from the destructive Civil War had a great effect on magnifying and extending racism.

I'm sure Great Britain has racism as well but I don't believe it's to the extent as it is here in the U.S.

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Guardian: The history of British slave ownership has been buried: now its scale can be revealed [View all] closeupready Jul 2015 OP

Was Slavery a Cause of the Revolutionary War? Yes. Nye Bevan Jul 2015 #1

Thank you. But one article states that Britain ended slavery in 1833 and yours says it was in 1722. jwirr Jul 2015 #2

Slavery was abolished throughout the British Empire in 1833. Nye Bevan Jul 2015 #3

Thank you and you are correct about how they must have felt about the Rev. War. jwirr Jul 2015 #7

That poster is repeating the very denial the OP is discussing. 1722 applies to the home soil of Bluenorthwest Jul 2015 #4

Got it - thank you. jwirr Jul 2015 #8

Before 1772 1939 Jul 2015 #21

The Germans owned slaves in the Baltics for 700 years LiberalEsto Jul 2015 #5

Someone here raised a point, perhaps erroneous, about the pyramids. closeupready Jul 2015 #6

Monticello would be another example (nt) Nye Bevan Jul 2015 #10

Yes. Any of these old towns in the American South or closeupready Jul 2015 #11

And the manor houses in the Baltics LiberalEsto Jul 2015 #12

As would the White House. KamaAina Jul 2015 #15

When my great great grandparents came here from Germany in 1855 my greatgrandfather and jwirr Jul 2015 #9

Teutonic Order 1939 Jul 2015 #14

The Baltic Germans, as they were called, ran the manors for 700 years LiberalEsto Jul 2015 #16

Cheaper to compensate slave owners 1939 Jul 2015 #13

I believe it would've been, to say the national debt exploded from the Civil War is an Uncle Joe Jul 2015 #18

P.S. One other point, I have no doubt that Uncle Joe Jul 2015 #20

I was at a history workshop recently and Catherine Hall malaise Jul 2015 #17

Kick Liberal_in_LA Jul 2015 #19