I replied: “When I speak of the Declaration of Independence, I am referring to the one that was adopted - the one everyone signed. In other words, not drafts that were not adopted.
“And the DOI documents the reasons why the political bands were dissolved.
“One reason was this: “He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us . . .” This is a reference to slave rebellions. Look it up.
“The thirteen colonies intended to stop slave rebellions.
“I am as uncomfortable saying this as you are learning of it but the 13 northern and southern colonies agreed to fight to preserve the peculiar institution.”
BJK you got caught wish-casting; then garbled the reference to the the “merciless Indian Savages”; now you seek to make a weak point strong by citing tangential facts to create a misdirection(But even more served the American Continental Army, to the point where one British army officer at Yorktown in 1781 reported the Continental Army was about one-fourth black).
I know what you are trying to do. Believe me, I know. I've done it myself. But there is no shame in your learning new facts and moving on.
I'm clear on your final.
I presume you enjoy mockery, since it's usually easier than serious thought, right?
Your claim that the Declaration makes our Revolutionary war a "defense of slavery" is just false.
I'll say again: American slavery was not threatened by Brits except in retaliation for our rebellion.
If there was no rebellion, the Brits had no problem with slavery here.
Indeed, thousands of British loyalists who left the United States at war's end took their slaves with them.
Bottom line: in 1776 Brits had no problem with American slavery, and the Revolutionary War was fought not "to defend slavery".