You mean, like Canada and Australia are still part of the UK*, or like Mexico is still a part of Spain? Why is it that so many USAians still believe the "revolution" gave them a freedom they wouldn't have achieved anyway, simply by outgrowing the Crown's ability to control them?
If Franklin and Adams decided to disregard the slavery issue for no other reason than to save the independence movement, then they made a tragic mistake. Repeating it does not improve anything.
*) I'm quite aware of the remaining political ties, and they basically don't matter: Canada and Australia are independent from the UK.
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You mean, like Canada and Australia are still part of the UK*, or like Mexico is still a part of Spain? Why is it that so many USAians still believe the "revolution" gave them a freedom they wouldn't have achieved anyway, simply by outgrowing the Crown's ability to control them?
If Franklin and Adams decided to disregard the slavery issue for no other reason than to save the independence movement, then they made a tragic mistake. Repeating it does not improve anything.
*) I'm quite aware of the remaining political ties, and they basically don't matter: Canada and Australia are independent from the UK.