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Originally Posted by GatorB
OK first of all the US was founded in 1776 and 300 years before 1776 is 1476 and Columbus didn't reach the West Indies until 1492. Slaverly in what is now the US didn't start until the late 1600's and the US did in fact import slaves. Even up until the 1840's the southern states were still bringing in slaves from Africa.
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1776 was a formality of establishment. The US didn't get officially started until Britain was defeated. So 1780+ is more like it. But what I was referring to was the pan-african and pan-European slave trade. That shit WAS going on 3-400 years before the U.S.. Columbus wuddn't the first to get here and slavery didn't start with Columbus.
The founding fathers knew damn well if they abolished slavery in the southern states they wouldn't have the textile and agricultural support to defeat the King. So in the Southern colonies slavery was still in effect but in the northern colonies it had ended. Matter of fact the first man credited with being killed in the fight against King George was a freed black slave named Crispus Attucks.
Notice I said freed 'black' slave. There were many, many european slaves and indentured servants let me tell you!
People to this day are still being 'kidnapped' and brought into this country for slave labor. The difference is the chains are psychological not metal.