ah yes, black americans writing and thinking about their history is inherently divisive. a very serious thought.https://twitter.com/bhweingarten/status/1163157584469250049 …
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The original draft of the Declaration of Independence included a paragraph condemning King George for "forcing" the slave trade on the colonies. (Later removed to keep the pro-slavery delegates in the fold.)
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That's one data point & an ambiguous one (since the paragraph wasn't included). The Blumrosens provide much other evidence that points in another direction. Again, it's contestable but not self-evidently absurd or false.
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the timing is off and still more so the spacing. The Revolution started in Boston and Massachusetts abolished slavery after the revolution. Might be Southern Whites decided that at least those damn Yankees would never dream of abolishing slavery, but is sounds implausible.
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Isn't this pretty standard in studying Revolutionary war history from a British perspective? British historians also make the point that American colonists were angry about the religious freedom granted in the Quebec Act & the observance of treaties with Native Americans.
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Very mainstream among British historians, yes.
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Yes contestable but as the null hypothesis.
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