Would slavery have ended sooner if the British had defeated the Colonists' bid for independence?
This article previously appeared in Op-Ed News, Portside, and Black Agenda Report . This essay is from a chapter, “the Hidden History of the American Revolution”, in MythAmerica, a book Keith is writing.
“I would never have drawn my sword in the cause of America, if I could have conceived that thereby I was founding a land of slavery.” – Marquis de Lafayette, French military leader who was instrumental in enlisting French support for the colonists in the American War of Independence.
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