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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That was both for moral reasons among genuine abolitionists and practical -- that much cash didn't exist
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The estimated value of enslaved workers to the South was astronomical
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The slaves should've been compensated by the slave holders.
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