Re: Virginia apologizes for slavery... why?
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...to express "profound regret" for the state's role in slavery.
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It's not like we invented slavery. Slavery existed for thousands of years before our country was founded. Once we decided that it was wrong it was abolished. Sure the South fought hard to keep it, but that was becuase their entire economy was built on it. In my opinion the more deplorable part of our history was the period of segregation trumped only by our treatment of native americans.
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I don't think many people agree with your analysis of our history.
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Abolitionism was not widely popular in 1861, not even in the North.
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