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    CBS News‏Verified account @CBSNews 4 Jul 2017

    "It is this great contradiction -- a nation conceived in liberty is also born in shackles," @kennethcdavis sayspic.twitter.com/LQ1VKMOIUC

    5:47 AM - 4 Jul 2017
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      2. John Nassif  ❌‏ @John_Nassif 4 Jul 2017
        Replying to @CBSNews @kennethcdavis

        Conceived in Liberty that brought about the end of slavery in the western world. It unleashed the concept if individual liberty

        1 reply 1 retweet 4 likes
      3. John Nassif  ❌‏ @John_Nassif 4 Jul 2017
        Replying to @John_Nassif @CBSNews @kennethcdavis

        The WHOLE world was in shackles at that time. It was US that broke the mold and painted slavery for the evil it truly is.

        2 replies 0 retweets 5 likes
      4. Brendintendi‏ @Achilles1x 4 Jul 2017
        Replying to @John_Nassif @CBSNews @kennethcdavis

        Not true. Britain outlawed slavery before the US had to fight a war for the South to give it uo

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      5. John Nassif  ❌‏ @John_Nassif 4 Jul 2017
        Replying to @Achilles1x @CBSNews @kennethcdavis

        Britain outlawed slavery in 1833, 57 years AFTER the Declaration and 46 years after the Constitution was signed. 1/

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      6. John Nassif  ❌‏ @John_Nassif 4 Jul 2017
        Replying to @John_Nassif @CBSNews @kennethcdavis

        Its those events that pushed the whole world in the direction of ind liberty. The forces of evil were more entrenched is some places. 2/

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      7. John Nassif  ❌‏ @John_Nassif 4 Jul 2017
        Replying to @John_Nassif @CBSNews @kennethcdavis

        Those forces dwelled within one singular party which used race to divide, greed and jealousy to gain power true elitism. They remain

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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      1. 1/1024th meh‏ @RightAllTheTime 4 Jul 2017
        Replying to @CBSNews @kennethcdavis

        Congratulations. This is the dumbest Tweet of the day.

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      1. 2VNews  🎲 🎲 ❌‏ @2VNews 4 Jul 2017
        Replying to @CBSNews @kennethcdavis

        Shackles: #20Trillion Shackles: Excessive regulation.

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      2. Jack Jones‏ @abeligbod 4 Jul 2017
        Replying to @CBSNews @kennethcdavis

        How could the institution of slavery be "a crime against humanity" when it was universally practiced by humanity?

        5 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      3. Humble‏ @humble917 4 Jul 2017
        Replying to @abeligbod @CBSNews @kennethcdavis

        USA WAS BUILT ON SLAVERY AND IT WAS NOT A CHOICE 49% OF THE FOUNDING FATHERS OWNED SLAVES WHILE THE REST OWNED SLAVE SHIPS ,ETC

        0 replies 1 retweet 1 like
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      1. D. Sententia‏ @5gnomi 4 Jul 2017
        Replying to @CBSNews @kennethcdavis

        Oh Good Grief!!!! 🙄🙄🙄

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      1. Todd Gailas‏ @factsdontlie46 4 Jul 2017
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        241 years ago, Africans sold other Africans into slavery. Yes that is disgusting. The entire world participated

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      1. Jeremiah Johnson‏ @JJRRSB 4 Jul 2017
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        His choice in eye glasses diminishes his credibility.

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      1. SauceSighIty‏ @WIshinwelmantra 4 Jul 2017
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        Jean-Jacques Rousseau...pic.twitter.com/VFJlp5AnNY

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      1. Laura Hartner‏ @laurahartner 4 Jul 2017
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        CBS your Independence Day celebration is like a breath of fresh air. Try to enjoy it huh?

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      1. Melissa Murray‏ @mjmissy 4 Jul 2017
        Replying to @CBSNews @kennethcdavis

        Leave it to the leftist media to once again finds ways to make us ashamed of our country! This negatively is control

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