You know where else it was legally present and practiced? The entire rest of the world. America fought a bloody war to free the slaves. America is not perfect but it is great.
Slavery was legally present and practiced in all thirteen colonies in 1776.
That is greatness to you?
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Freeing the slaves was not the original goal of the Civil War, it became a fundamental aspect of the Union's war efforts as the conflict evolved.
I know that slavery was present in many other parts of the world, but I don't go around saying that these times were actually great.
Humanity is always imperfectly striving forward. I don’t cast blame on the past, but rather look to it for inspiration about the future.
