I considered the northern white stance against slavery. How much of the desire to end the institution was fueled by a need to quell and subdue white … - Percival Everett
" "I considered the northern white stance against slavery. How much of the desire to end the institution was fueled by a need to quell and subdue white guilt and pain? Was it just too much to watch? Did it offend Christian sensibilities to live in a society that allowed that practice? I knew that whatever the cause of their war, freeing slaves was an incidental premise and would be an incidental result.
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Percival Everett (born 1956) is an American writer and professor.
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