It is true that American slavery comes in for more scrutiny and condemnation than slavery in other regions and epochs. This is because our American media and liberal politicians and academics use the abolitionist-inspired history of American slavery almost exclusively to condemn the South, slavery, the effects of slavery, sometimes the whole USA, etc ., in an effort to serve political ends today. The most extreme elements demand monetary reparations for slavery; others seek preferential college admissions, quotas, affirmative action, political correctness, election of Democrats, black contractors for urban projects, etc. In truth, the United States was the best place in the world to be a slave, especially after 1808, when the slave trade was outlawed as soon as it could be under the terms of the U.S. Constitution. Booker T. Washington wrote that, “The ten million Negroes inhabiting this country, who themselves or whose ancestors went through the school of American slaver...
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