![]() That worn out excuse is as old as slavery itself. So yeah, people who insist that “times were just different back then” are racism apologists, whether they realize it or not. Because “times were different back then.” I’ll bet 100 years from now people will argue that Jeff Bezos didn’t know he was risking the lives of his employees in the middle of a pandemic. The exploitive nature of capitalism hasn’t changed very much. Schuyler 6 and Son (John) and daughter, are there, but talk of going away to day, or to morrow. All in the name of free labor and profit. Slavers knew exactly what they were doing. Saying people didn’t know any better is whitewashing history, and perpetuating a false image of white purity and innocence. Starting with the slaves themselves.Īnd if the words of the slaves somehow isn’t good enough, then listen to what one of the founding fathers had to say about the evils of slavery: ( x) It’s a standard whitewash that is still used to excuse racists today.Īnd I can promise you that there absolutely positively were people back then who knew slavery was wrong, and voiced their opinion that slavery was evil. the schuyler sisters peggy schuyler gacha life spring eliza schuyler eliza and alexander hamilton Tumblr Pearl on hamilton Eliza Discuss Everything About. Saying “you can’t judge the founding fathers on slavery” because “they didn’t know any better” or “that’s just how it was back then” is a cop out.
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