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To: metacognate
Christian British/American moral advance in the 1800's.

What about the Christians that were slavers in the name of Christianity - again Colombus to mind, just to start at the beginning of the "discovery" of North America.

Did the Christians back John Brown?

25 posted on 09/09/2001 2:47:53 PM PDT by libertarian_usa
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To: libertarian_usa
We were the last to engage in slavery,

Timeline: The Atlantic Slave Trade link</a href>

bought the least amount,

The first link gave that info.

treated them more humanely,

I have nothing to prove that statement with except to look at how other nations treated their slaves.

and were the first to quit the practice.

We got the ball rolling--

52 posted on 09/09/2001 9:19:54 PM PDT by JMJ333
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