Muad'Dibber@lemmygrad.ml to GenZedong@lemmygrad.ml · edit-28 days agoTeddy Roosevelt outlines the real reason for the American Revolution and the USA's separation from Britain.lemmygrad.mlimagemessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageTeddy Roosevelt outlines the real reason for the American Revolution and the USA's separation from Britain.lemmygrad.mlMuad'Dibber@lemmygrad.ml to GenZedong@lemmygrad.ml · edit-28 days agomessage-square17fedilink
minus-squarehuf [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-27 days agoi’ve always wondered how much this english court ruling influenced the founding fathers of the US to rebel: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somerset_v_Stewart a lot, apparently. this article’s been expanded since i last looked at it, lol.
minus-squarel0tusc0bra@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-27 days agoI didn’t even know about this specific case but wow, nice catch. So yeah I rest my case lol. Unless maybe it was just a weird coincidence that the vast majority of the founding fathers’ wealth rested on enslaved people’s labour.
i’ve always wondered how much this english court ruling influenced the founding fathers of the US to rebel: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somerset_v_Stewart
a lot, apparently. this article’s been expanded since i last looked at it, lol.
I didn’t even know about this specific case but wow, nice catch. So yeah I rest my case lol. Unless maybe it was just a weird coincidence that the vast majority of the founding fathers’ wealth rested on enslaved people’s labour.