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Quotes from The Counter-Revolution of 1776 — Gerald Horne

born 1949 United States

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Ironically, the founders of the republic have been hailed and lionized by left, right, and center for—in effect—creating the first apartheid state.

The Counter-Revolution of 1776 (2014)

To the extent that 1776 led to the resultant U.S., which came to captain the African Slave Trade—as London moved in an opposing direction toward a revolutionary abolition of this form of property—the much-celebrated revolt of the North American settlers can fairly be said to have eventuated as a counter-revolution of slavery.

The Counter-Revolution of 1776 (2014)

Even when one posits this economic conflict as overriding all others in sparking revolt, the larger point was that it was slavery that was driving these fortunes, particularly in the North American colonies.

The Counter-Revolution of 1776 (2014)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Gerald Horne (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.