> Slavery may have been a great institution in the view of those who > profited from it, but theirs is not the only justifiable view of the > institution. Forgive me if I'm picking at what's only the equivalent of a hasty typo, but I just have to ask: Their view was justifiable? (And in case the old "presentism" dodge comes my way for asking that question, here's a contingency question: Haven't Andrew Levy and many others -- highly constructive and welcomed revisionists, in my view -- shown that slaveholders, and others who profited, had plenty of awareness of the unjustifiability?) Steve Corneliussen ______________________________________ To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html