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Vladan Lausevic's avatar

I gained many new insights and facts that I was not previously aware of, particularly regarding political ideas and activism, including those related to colonization. Thank you for this text with a "post-colonial" touch.

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Jennifer Dillon's avatar

"Enslaved people" not "the slaves" please.

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Mitchell in Oakland's avatar

At the Passover seder, Jews recite, "We were slaves unto Pharoah in Egypt..."

Now we're free.

Enough with the niceties. Stop policing language! That's the sort of crap that elected Trump.

Get over it.

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CarlW's avatar

That Lincoln wasn't born with his anti-slavery views should not come as a surprise to anyone aware of how ubiquitous slavery once was to humanity.

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