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The question of what actually caused the Civil War is secondary to the result of the Civil War, which is that after… — Corey Stewart Copy Share Image
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The acceptance of the facts of African-American history and the African-American historian as a legitimate part of the academic community did not… — John Henrik Clarke Copy Share Image
The greatest evil of American slavery was not involuntary servitude but rather the narrative of racial differences we created to legitimate slavery.… — Bryan Stevenson Copy Share Image
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