[Peace-discuss] A safe and sane Fourth

[C G Estabrook]

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The best way to celebrate the Fourth of July is to realize that the 'War of Independence' was in fact a defense of slavery: it occurred because the settler-colonial ruling class in North America feared that England was moving towards the abolition of slavery, the source of their wealth; thus separation was necessary...

The perspicacious saw it at the time. In 'Taxation No Tyranny' (1775) Dr. Samuel Johnson wrote, "How is it that we hear the loudest yelps for liberty among the drivers of negroes?"

—CGE