“Those upper classes, to rule, needed to make concessions to the middle class, without damage to their own wealth or power, at the expense of slaves, Indians, and poor whites…the ruling group found in the 1760/70s a wonderfully useful device: the language of liberty and equality, which could unite just enough whites to fight a revolution against England, without ending either slavery or inequality”
— Sep 29, 2025 06:51AM
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