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Posted on 02/02/2026 1:06:31 PM PST by ProgressingAmerica
Much of the power of the Declaration of Independence rests on Thomas Jefferson’s opening line: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”
For all of its high principle, there is a dark side to this statement. In the century of the country’s founding, British colonies in the New World imported 1.5 million enslaved Africans. That is more than three times the number of European immigrants who sailed westward searching for some version of Jefferson’s vision. By the middle of the 19th century, the four million people of African descent in the U.S. made it the largest slave society in the world.
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British colonies in the New World imported 1.5 million enslaved Africans.
Then go blame Britain then. WTF are you blaming the U.S. for???
By the middle of the 19th century, the four million people of African descent in the U.S. made it the largest slave society in the world.
Ok first you were saying British colonies were doing the slaving, which was one thing now you are saying the U.S. as in the United States, which declared rebellion and then Independence so that it could get the heck away from British tyranny.
So WSJ you are saying two entirely different things.
You need to make your mind up if you blame the British Empire or do you blame the U.S., and if you blame the U.S. why did you mention British colonies at all? Just do what the left does and sweep it all under the rug and claim the U.S. was founded in 1619.
The way all of these people play fast and loose with the facts, the way they all commit journalistic malpractice and historical malpractice with this is causing us to continue to have problems.
So THAT’S why all the wealth is in the rural South: Slavery!!!
As is the open borders immigration policies in the new millennium.
Welcome Slaves. The Democrats are glad you're back.
The world’s largest slave society was a crucial factor in the country’s economic takeoff beyond what’s commonly assumed, as it now will continue.
Tell me it’s Black History Month without telling me it’s Black History Month.
The muslims in North Africa were the primary slave traders. And they raided Europe and even Iceland to capture white slaves. What does the left suggest we do about that?
The WSJ is just another leftist rag now, as this BS article illustrates.
If slavery built the kind of wealth wealth attributed to it, the South would have won.
You know that’s actually quite a brilliant comment but it’s too small.
If slavery built the kind of wealth wealth attributed to it, the Empire would have won and the U.S. never would’ve existed.
In June, 1776, the Empire had 28 slave colonies. In july, when the 13 forming the U.S. split, the Empire still had 15 left.
Less than 400,000 African came to the US. Vast majority went to Caribbean and South America.
You know what all this ‘historical background’ is all about, don’t you? Rationalizing and justifying Reparations, plain and simple. Every racial or ethnic group has dealt with it’s own ‘struggles’. Mike Obama is not the only one with stories to tell.
Wall Street Journal is starting to circle the woke toilet
Howard French - fellow in Soros’ Open Society Foundation. At Columbia’s uber-woke Journalism school. Reporter at NY Times and WaPo. So we get a sense of where his politics lie
As the article points out - Anything slavery “built” was private, not national wealth and the true beneficiaries were British Banks and British manufacturers. And when it became untenable, the UK then fomented secessionist feeling in the South
How did the percentage of slaves in the total US population compare to other countries? Maybe Haiti, and slave holding nations in other parts of the world? Just presenting a total number doesn't tell us much.
And I thought the WSJ was made up of financial and mathematical geniuses.
In order to get GA and the Carolinas on board, the Continental Congress had to make concessions, but the Declaration did set the stage for the emancipation that would eventually come decades later.
Is there any way to read the entire article without jumping through hoops?
How many Europeans went into the Muslim world as slaves!
A comparison WSJ!
By and for Democrats of that era.
They don't mention the fact that fewer slaves were imported into Britain's North American colonies than just about anywhere else.
Why the increase? Because slaves in the US were scare and not worked to death as they were in the Caribbean. According to a British census, Trinidad and Tobago had 250,000 slaves in 1685 and 250,000 slaves in 1715. But in the interim, another 250,000 slaves were imported. The slaves were worked to death.
How many muzzards STILL keep slaves? Bet WSJ won’t touch that story with a ten foot pole.
"Rationalizing and justifying Reparations, plain and simple."
Yep. Exactly. That is why it is so crucial to point out that the U.S. was founded in 1776. The left is trying and successfully succeeding at blaming the Empire's fault on the U.S., as if the U.S. was founded in 1619. Those 157 years are someone else's fault! Not the U.S.!
Now, true, no reparations at all should be paid. However.
There is no rational reasoning why the U.S. should be paying Britain's share of the reparations for a guilt which simply is not the U.S.'s burden to carry.
The former Empire are the ones who are guilty. !A!N!D! they're a wealthy country, so they can afford to pay their fair share of what is ACTUALLY their burden and actually theirs. It's not our burden. So the left should be going and graveling to Britain for what they did during their Empire days and leave the U.S. the heck out of it.
1776. It's actually a red line.
Why are children blamed for what the parents did? That is what is happening here.
Most of our guys are too cowardly to point out that the U.S. was founded in 1776 and that all that slavery prior was the Empire's fault. I might even go further. Some Americans love Britain more than they love the U.S. And if they do? THAT is not MAGA.
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