That’s important context. It wasn’t just “practice at the time”. Many back then identified slavery as America’s greatest sin. @shaunking
Mind you, of the 12 Presidents who bought and sold human beings, they were surrounded by other Presidents who refused to do any such thing.https://twitter.com/ShaunKing/status/842068434145947650 …
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@NYDailyNews Some Presidents had integrity hundreds of years ago. So much for the "When in Rome" theory.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Columbus didn't "baptize" indigenous people of Hispaniola because he knew it was wrong to enslave
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But used the excuse they were 'heathens', so that he could enslave them.
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