Annette Gordon-Reed | Teaching Hard History: American Slavery, Key Concept 3

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Thank you for this. Please make a Teaching Hard History Playlist.

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This was really well done. I am surprised it hasn't been viewed more.

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I was thinking about my late mom today , Dr. Mollie C. Davis, Phd. When people ask me what she taught, i always answer Hard History because remember her saying that in 1974. She taught til she was 86 , and she said she couldn't retire completely because they trying to prevent the teaching of the "hard truth". I didnt even know Hard History was a real saying til i seached a few minutes ago while thinking of Mom.

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If you're looking for a summary suck it up and watch the video, its only 4 minutes

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Fair and balanced assessment.

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The part people always forget is that slavery is not an American concept. For thousands of years it has unfortunately thrived and arguably in some sense or another does today. In the late 1700's during the founding of the US, slavery was not a US problem ... it was a British problem ... the US didn't exist then!. As British colonies, the King was in charge and allowed slavery in his colonies. Britain alone was to blame for slavery in what became US and the founding fathers had to walk a fine line between independence, war and outright economic despair for the southern colonies if they abolished slavery in the soon to be US right at the beginning (they were holding a flaming bag of shit). At the time, independence from Britain was more important than an all out fight with the southern colonies over slavery. You don't have to like it ... it's history! End of the day, slavery in the US colonies was a British problem we were left do deal with when we became our own nation by force. And we didn't handle it in the best way we could.

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Ur argument is irrelevant & not factual. Never heard anyone argue slavery is an American concept. The system of race based chattel slavery used by colonial British America & continued by the US is common knowledge. Slavery wasn't a motivation in the founding fathers/the 13 colonies signing the DoI & waging war against England. Slavery was legal in 12 of the 13 at the start of the war. The DoI only unified them on declaring independence & wasn't binding. The Constitution was the binding document & slavery was only debated for tax & election purposes.

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"Oh, Woe is Me! My Quest for Eternal Victimhood", by Annette Gordon-Reed

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Your opinion means nothing. You are not in a position of power. She is.

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I would concern yourself with your sad little life and not with larger issues.

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Hello: This Was NOT taken far enough !!! First the States or Colony,s of the British Empire could not have Won the revolution without the South. We could not have beaten England & The South at same time. This Question of Slavery fester