Many, but not all, of the Founding Fathers owned slaves. It was a system they inherited from their parents and grandparents; they didn’t create it. They were, to a man, uncomfortable with slavery, but they considered it essential to their economic survival. Given the difficulties of making a profit as a plantation owner in the late 18th and early 19th centuries–most of them died heavily in debt–they might well have been right.
Nevertheless, they stand condemned for their hypocrisy and inhumanity by today’s progressives. But judge not lest ye be judged, folks; we have been knowingly poisoning the environment for at least 30 years now, but how many progressives have been willing to give up their quality of life to go carbon neutral immediately for the benefit of future generations? What will our successors say about the greed and selfishness of our fearless crusaders for justice a hundred years from now?
Save your money on statues, because at some point, our grandchildren will be pulling them down. That’s the way the world works.