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Shane wrote: “…the clearest thinking slaves and native americans fought on the side of... King George.” The Native American tragedy is another story but how clear thinking were those slaves? The same reprehensible empire that was, and would continue to be, the superpower of the slave trade suddenly discovered the virtue of human freedom? Gee, I wonder if that did not reek of cynical opportunism then as much as it does now. By the way Shane, what did happen to some of those African- American recruits who fought with the British at Yorktown? When food became scarce during the siege all those clear thinking former slaves were disarmed and driven into no man’s land to be shot or starved. I also recall that the final assault on the British fortifications was made by African- American troops of the Continental Army lead by Alexander Hamilton. I find your praise of the British Empire as baffling as your cheerleading for the racial nationalists dreaming of a theocratic Tibet ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: [email protected] Set your options at: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
