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"Bro this is literally slavery ๐Ÿ˜ญ" - Slaveowning Founding Fathers (media.piefed.social)
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[โ€“] anonymous111@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago

Not sure I follow. The British Empire banned slavery before the USA. So, by not being in the British empire slavery existed for longer in the USA than it would have if America remained under British rule.