American "Revolution"? Fought for by aristocrats and lead to little major political change. Boston "Massacre"? Five people dead, less than shootings today. British "tyranny" upon elite American colonists? A tax exclusively on tea, not literal genocide like they did to India and others

  • JoeByeThen [he/him, they/them]
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    4 years ago

    Also there was a ruling in England that set a precedent that slavery didn’t have a legal basis a few years before it all popped off - slaveowners knew which direction the wind was blowing there.

    Somerset v Stewart is probably what you're talking about.