From the point of view of most African-Americans, American

From the point of view of most African-Americans, American independence postponed emancipation by at least a generation.

📖 Niall Ferguson

🌍 British | 👨‍💼 Historian

🎂 April 18, 1964

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The statement highlights a significant perspective among many African-Americans regarding the American independence movement. They believed that the push for freedom from British rule, while noble, ultimately delayed their own liberation from slavery. Instead of ushering in a new era of equality and rights, the fight for independence extended the period of subjugation for African-Americans, who continued to suffer under the institution of slavery.

This viewpoint underscores the complex relationship between...

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