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Right Wing CO School Board Member: The US "Voluntarily Ended Slavery"

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Sir John Barron10/03/2014 10:57:15 am PDT
As an example, I note our slavery history. Yes, we practiced slavery. But we also ended it voluntarily, at great sacrifice, while the practice continues in many countries still today! Shouldnt our students be provided that viewpoint? This is part of the argument that America is exceptional. Does our APUSH Framework support or denigrate that position?

This is Sarah-Palin-level word salad here.

By “ended it voluntarily” does she mean, passed a constitutional amendment to outlaw slavery after the Civil War?

I wonder what “not ending it voluntarily” would mean?