America's Founding the Greatest Anti-Slavery Movement

This Independence Day, more than any in living memory, it is vitally important that we reflect upon that greatest of all anti-slavery documents, the Declaration of Independence.

That document in turn launched the greatest abolitionist movement in human history: the United States of America.

The United States was not founded as a regime of institutionalized racism, tribalism, or injustice. Intrinsic to the founding principles of this country, America institutionalized freedom, institutionalized opportunity, and institutionalized justice.

We need only remember. And we should. It might be the only thing that prevents our country from further descent into violent chaos and the tyranny that typically follows. Read Full Article »