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<blockquote data-quote="Phillydog1958" data-source="post: 217941" data-attributes="member: 8704"><p>I understand your question, Dave_W. It's a fair question, too. There were treaties in place that had been arranged for along time. It goes back to Plymouth Rock and the 1600's. The guilt that was associated with taking land from Native Americans was heavy. The government had agreed to these treaties. It would've looked bad, if they decided to blatantly renege on those agreements. Not to mention the hypocrisy that would be recognized by the general public. There were some who sympathized with the Natives. Keep in mind that those early settlers were highly religious and thought that they were being led to the New World by divine intervention. So, there was a desire to do the right thing. As time went on, and generations passed, those old agreements vanished. We all know what Andrew Jackson did to Natives through the Trail of Tears and his Indian Removal program. Dave, it was easier to spiritually justify the African Slave trade. Just compare them to apes and consider them to not be human. Plus, the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade dates back to the 15th century. Europeans had been trading slaves for centuries. The distribution systems were already in place. In North America, the slave trade took hold in the late 1700's. Even after the Declaration of Independence was signed, it didn't apply to African and African Americans. They were considered to be property and not human. The slave trade was race based.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Phillydog1958, post: 217941, member: 8704"] I understand your question, Dave_W. It's a fair question, too. There were treaties in place that had been arranged for along time. It goes back to Plymouth Rock and the 1600's. The guilt that was associated with taking land from Native Americans was heavy. The government had agreed to these treaties. It would've looked bad, if they decided to blatantly renege on those agreements. Not to mention the hypocrisy that would be recognized by the general public. There were some who sympathized with the Natives. Keep in mind that those early settlers were highly religious and thought that they were being led to the New World by divine intervention. So, there was a desire to do the right thing. As time went on, and generations passed, those old agreements vanished. We all know what Andrew Jackson did to Natives through the Trail of Tears and his Indian Removal program. Dave, it was easier to spiritually justify the African Slave trade. Just compare them to apes and consider them to not be human. Plus, the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade dates back to the 15th century. Europeans had been trading slaves for centuries. The distribution systems were already in place. In North America, the slave trade took hold in the late 1700's. Even after the Declaration of Independence was signed, it didn't apply to African and African Americans. They were considered to be property and not human. The slave trade was race based. [/QUOTE]
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