Or empowered.

yeh, they seem to have never got to the the battle is won part eh

I’m from south. I grew up hearing that god was for slavery. God made white man and black came from monkeys. A lot of racism in southern churches. I just knew it wasn’t right when I was a kid. Now I’m ashamed to have been associated with such ignorance.

Just as a point of fact, slavery occurred in the New England colonies, as well as the South, and throughout the Caribbean.
Many settlers to the "new world" brought their slaves with them.
Not to mention, the kidnapping of indigenous people who were then made slaves.

@KKGator I know, actually slavery wasn't outlawed in Massachusetts until 1725, and that only applied to importation of "new" slaves, those still in Slavery weren't freed for another 17 years and it took a slave suing his " master" for freedom to be extended to all...another well hidden fact is that Fanuiel Hall was built by N.E biggest Slaver, Stephen Fanuiel. He sold is "merchandise" in front of it..there a push to rename it...and it should be..

@SeaGreenEyez Some humans are inherently evil. It's one of the reasons I enjoy the members on this site. Good example is Abyers comment, steeped in the evil environment of southern churches he knew in his heart it was wrong. Most of us collectively on this site have a ton of empathy something I do not see in the christian community. Actually let me clarify, their version of empathy extends only to their members/people like themselves.

@abyers1970 I too am ashamed of the ignorance and immoral thinking that I was exposed to in my youth. My grandmother, for example, believed that Africans came from Noah’s son Ham who was cursed, which resulted in the ‘negro race.’

“Fuck them all!” he said lovingly.

@p-nullifidian You omitted the "without exception." I said this with disgust and disdain of all things religious, so your attempt at sarcasm is not only wrong but mostly unfunny.

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