"Denzel, "I didn't see it, I live in America, I grew up here, I'm an ex-slave"
We can pitch in and buy him a ticket to The Sudan,where his former occupation is still being practised.
To the Sudanese, Mr. Washington would be considered an American, not an African.
When did slavery come to Mt. Vernon NY.
Denzel might be shocked to discover that an awful lot of French people were brought into Orleans around 1600, as "slave" labor. They were in debt prisons, without any hope of a life. Serving as slave labor was their one escape in life. If one looks at the entire history of labor in America between 1492 and 1865...they might be shocked at what really happened.