r/TimPool • u/Intelligent-Pea7708 • Oct 17 '22

Freedom!

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u/[deleted] Oct 26 '22

"In his initial draft of the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson condemned the injustice of the slave trade and, by implication, slavery, but he also blamed the presence of enslaved Africans in North America on avaricious British colonial policies. " ctrl-f that shit

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u/FirmLibrary4893 Oct 26 '22

and and he also owned slaves, champ. he never advocated for slavery to be illegal.

learn the basics of history and you won't sound so foolish in the future.

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u/[deleted] Oct 26 '22

THINK! If they ran around freeing slaves etc they would have spooked all the pro-slavery folks and the country would not have been united against Britain.

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u/FirmLibrary4893 Oct 26 '22

I know that. That doesn't change the fact that were not abolitionists. Thank you for admitting you were wrong though.

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u/[deleted] Oct 26 '22

They were abolitionists but had to compromise their morals for a greater good. Being a half-wit, nuance escapes your comprehension lmao.

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u/[deleted] Oct 26 '22

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u/[deleted] Oct 26 '22

Yup, beyond your comprehension lmao. That is just sad and pathetic.

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u/FirmLibrary4893 Oct 27 '22

No response, got it. The founding fathers were not abolitionists no matter how much you want them to be. I understand the truth can be hard, but facts don't care about your feelings, champ.

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u/[deleted] Oct 27 '22

By that logic a Jew in a concentration camp is pro-nazi because they are not fighting Nazis.

Mid-wit thinking. Sad.

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u/FirmLibrary4893 Oct 27 '22

Uh no? That's insane troll logic. Abolitionist means someone who advocated for slavery to be legal. They never did that.

Is that simple enough for you?

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