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I know this isnt that time. But the 4th is all about celebrating that time. I love being an American. Would not care to live anywhere else. But I would argue my ancestors did not become true Americans until they were freed from slavery. Look, I have no problem at all with the 4th. I enjoy the time. Just don't be surprised when some people don't have the same excitement for the holiday.

The interesting thing about the Declaration of Independence was that many of the founding fathers wanted to abolish slavery as well. This is text that was removed from the Declaration regarding slavery.

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he has waged cruel war against human nature itself, violating it's most sacred rights of life and liberty in the persons of a distant people who never offended him, captivating and carrying them into slavery in another hemispere, or to incure miserable death in their transportation hither. this piratical warfare, the opprobium of infidel powers, is the warfare of the Christian king of Great Britain. [determined to keep open a market where MEN should be bought and sold,] he has prostituted his negative for suppressing every legislative attempt to prohibit or to restrain this execrable commerce [determining to keep open a market where MEN should be bought and sold]: and that this assemblage of horrors might want no fact of distinguished die, he is now exciting those very people to rise in arms among us, and to purchase that liberty of which he had deprived them, by murdering the people upon whom he also obtruded them: thus paying off former crimes committed against the liberties of one people, with crimes which he urges them to commit against the lives of another.

Unfortunately, there were many that were not willing to give up their slaves. Slavery is intolerable, but those opposed ultimately capitulated to the southern colonies and decided to amend the language. End the end, the country did abolish slavery and i believe as a whole has worked to right many of the wrongs. However, there will always be those on both sides that either refuse to learn from the past or refuse to acknowledge the progress made.

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Posted by QJenk

Atl, Ga

Member since Jan 2013

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Posted on 7/5/18 at 4:05 pm to TigerV

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Unfortunately, there were many that were not willing to give up their slaves. Slavery is intolerable, but those opposed ultimately capitulated to the southern colonies and decided to amend the language. End the end, the country did abolish slavery and i believe as a whole has worked to right many of the wrongs. However, there will always be those on both sides that either refuse to learn from the past or refuse to acknowledge the progress made.