The Fallacy of “Good” Slave Owners

During that period of time and over the course of history, slavery was normal and a regular part of life. Was it right? of course not, but to single out the US as somehow different than the founding of every other nation is dishonest and only there to add to our current outrage culture.

The US was founded on great principles..and to somehow discount everything that it stood for at the time and everything it's become (less racism and more freedom than almost any other nation) is evil and really makes me question the motive of the author.

Does the author forget the civil war we fought where hundreds of thousands of non-slaves died for the rights of slaves?

"In truth, it was a protectionist measure to increase the value of domestic slaves in areas with an abundance like his native Virginia and Maryland to the detriment of states like South Carolina who imported the bulk of their slaves"

Jefferson wanted to end the international slave trade and you try to spin it as some sort of a scheme to enrich himself. You have no idea what he was thinking or his intentions. This is the sort of political spin that makes me detest articles like this.

Yes, slavery was bad. Every rational person agrees. After a century, we really need to move on from it or we will never grow as a nation.

My wife's relatives were slaves brought in from China and worked on our railroads. I never see any articles about it. Why? Because Asians aren't considered important enough minorities?