Independence Day was in the long run a way for Britain to offshore its slavery and Native genocide operations while maintaining profit tieshttps://twitter.com/johnfugelsang/status/882358103295090688 …
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A big controversy at the time was that emancipation didn't come with any "compensation" to former slaveowners
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That was both for moral reasons among genuine abolitionists and practical -- that much cash didn't exist
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