Doesnt that explanation fall flat when almost all of the “founding fathers” and high ranked officers were pissy slave owners?
If that were true, it might. But 4/7 of the Founding Fathers weren’t slave-owners and were, in fact, abolitionists, and most high-ranked officers were likewise not slaveowners. The American Revolution was weakest in Georgia and South Carolina, where slavery was strongest; Virginia was the most Patriot-friendly of the slaver colonies.
Doesnt that explanation fall flat when almost all of the “founding fathers” and high ranked officers were pissy slave owners?
If that were true, it might. But 4/7 of the Founding Fathers weren’t slave-owners and were, in fact, abolitionists, and most high-ranked officers were likewise not slaveowners. The American Revolution was weakest in Georgia and South Carolina, where slavery was strongest; Virginia was the most Patriot-friendly of the slaver colonies.