Will America Ever Be Forgiven For Slavery?

americanthinker.com ^ | 6/12/2014 | Patricia L. Dickson

[rktman]

I mentioned this a couple of weeks ago but for some reason (operator error?!) couldn’t post it so someone else did post it. Thanks to Mr. Williams for letting me assuage my guilt. Like I had any. :>}

[SkyDancer]

And then there was one nation that built factories of death; marched millions through them and worked countless other millions to death. But yet that particular nation is welcomed into the world of nations. But America who almost single handily rebuild Europe ???

[Jim Noble]

Will America Ever Be Forgiven For Slavery?

Forgiven by whom?

[riverss]

Corwin Amendment
The Corwin Amendment amendment to the United States Constitution passed by the 36th Congress on March 2, 1861 and submitted to the state legislatures for ratification.
It was one of several measures considered by Congress in an ultimately unsuccessful attempt to attract the seceding states back into the Union and to entice border slave states to stay.[2]
Technically still pending before the states.
It would, if ratified, shield “domestic institutions” of the states (which in 1861 included slavery) from the constitutional amendment process and from abolition or interference by Congress.

Here...AND pass it around.

[Diego1618]

Here are the facts about colonial slavery in the Americas:

I'm reading from the 1988 edition of "The Historical Atlas of the United States" published by the National Geographic Society. Page 40, under the Chapter titled....."African Immigration in Chains" we find this information.

The total number of Africans brought to Colonial America (United States to be) was 399,000 and the population peaked in 1840 at about 2,000,000.

But.....slaves were imported to other areas...... as well.

The total amount of Africans imported to other New World territories was as follows.

Spanish America (Cuba, Mexico, Central and South America) was 1,552,100.

To British Caribbean (Virgin Islands, Bahamas, Jamaica, Honduras) was 1,665,000.

To French Caribbean (Surinam, Guyana) 1,600,000.

To Danish Caribbean (Leeward Islands) 28,000.

To Dutch Caribbean (Aruba and Leeward Islands) 500,000.

To Brazil (Portuguese America) 3,646,800.

About 6% of the total slaves brought from Africa to the Western Hemisphere ended up in what would become the United States, and of course....slavery, as an institution was still carried on in the Eastern Hemisphere by Africans themselves. Yet....when one is reminded of the evils of this practice and scourge on human history.....it seems that the United States is always considered to be the chief villain....... and is constantly reminded that reparations should be paid.

These facts also dispel the notion that slavery was somehow responsible for the economic success of this country. If that would be the case..... why isn't Brazil such an economic dynamo.....or Aruba?

Hey.......my ancestors were slaves also....... held in Africa by Africans...... and would still be there if it had not been for Moses. I would like my reparations from Africa.....with interest!

And.....unfortunately....slavery still exists in Muslim Africa.