I love how every time I dig into the mythology of the creation or major events of the United States, it leads back to rich white people trying to sidestep the abolition of slavery. Really makes a guy feel patriotic.

Oh, also, y'all ever heard of Linconia? Despite schools ignoring it, many of us managed to learn that Lincoln's priority wasn't really freeing slaves, but rather keeping the union together. But even I had no idea, until the last few years, that the most popular version of abolishing slavery was to expel black people from the US.