• @bestagon
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    94 hours ago

    We can’t acknowledge the whole country was racist in in the 1800s? the country kept black people as slaves. All kinds of industry in the north benefited from the materials produced by slavery even though they didn’t personally own the slaves

    • Maeve
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      32 hours ago

      Lincoln himself said if allowing slavery would preserve the union, he would do it.