[AuntB]

“t’s even more disturbing when you consider the fact that a lot of the slaveholders considered themselves to be Christians, when no true Christian in his right mind, whether it be the 1860s or the 1960s, would hold another Christian in bondage.”

How about the 1760’s?

[af_vet_rr]

How about the 1760’s?

At any time. In the 1760s, we were still under the control of the British, so there wasn't much to be done. Even in 1775 when the colonies began to rebel, there still wasn't much that could be done. We couldn't really make a move against slavery until the 1780s during the Philadelphia (Constitutional) Convention, and we failed, although many of the northern states did the right thing and abolished it on their own.

I didn't mean to derail, but it always gets me when people act like people back then didn't know any better. There were plenty of people that knew it was wrong back then and they spoke out about it.