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me b zola

(19,053 posts)
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 02:37 PM Nov 2012

Abolitionists were called zealots

Even as our founders penned the words, "All men were created equal" they themselves were slave holders. We find a way to forgive them by saying that it was a socially accepted practice at the time. But during that same time Abolitionists knew better, and were called zealots for knowing the difference between right and wrong.


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