Ironically, two Ivy League schools, Brown and Yale, are named after their first major benefactors, who both obtained their massive fortunes in the slave trade. And, at northern points of entry.
Slavery thrived in the North, until it was no longer necessary.
Then, it suddenly became the South’s great sin, according to the northern virtue-signalers.
It would have waned in the South as well if a certain Massachusetts citizen didn't invent the Cotton Gin.
Then, it suddenly became the South’s great sin, according to the northern virtue-signalers.
It was useful propaganda to gain power, just as BLM is being used today for the same purpose and by people from the same regions of the country and the same liberal "elite" attitude.