reminded of eric williams's observation about britain's relationship to its history with slavery. "British historians wrote almost as if Britain had introduced Negro slavery solely for the satisfaction of abolishing it."

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Do they think American colonists started the slave trade against the wishes of the British monarchy?

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  1. Unironically I heard a British person claim the sole reason for the American colonies was because the colonists wanted to keep slaves and the British wouldn't let them.

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