Thursday 17 August 2017

The Issue Is Not Slavery, But Treason

There are many statues of slave-owners and slave-traders in Britain.

But unless I am very much mistaken, there is none of either George Washington or Thomas Jefferson. Nor is any park in this country named after either of them.

The issue is not slavery, but treason.

By all means, let notable examples of the sculptor's art be displayed in museums, even if they do depict Robert E. Lee.

But it is astonishing that such a statue ever stood in the public square of a part of the American Republic, or that any park there was ever named either after him or after Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson.

The issue is not slavery, but treason.

Yes, there are people who want to shut me up.

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