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History: More Than a Quarter of U.S. Presidents Were Involved in
Slavery, Human Trafficking
As
the country marks Presidents’ Day, we turn to an aspect of U.S.
history that is often missed: the complicity of American presidents
with slavery. "More than one-in-four U.S. presidents were
involved in human trafficking and slavery. These presidents bought,
sold and bred enslaved people for profit. Of the 12 presidents who
were enslavers, more than half kept people in bondage at the White
House," writes historian Clarence Lusane in his most recent
article, "Missing from Presidents’ Day: The People They
Enslaved."
12 Years A Slave, which I saw recently, brings more than a few skeletons out of the closet. A bit rich, I thought, for US newspapers to excoriate Russia for ignoring its Stalinist past during its Olympic opening ceremony
The idea that America is about "freedom", or "democracy", or "justice", or "equal rights" is patently absurd, and only embraced by those that have never studied U.S. history.
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately, since GW Bush, this has only become much worse. It's now impossible to assume anything "good" about the U.S. Government or the myriad of agencies and thugs that run this country.
Injustice rules the day. There can only be one possible outcome. I'll let you guess what that is.