Martin R. Delany had some very good points. His biggest one was, "...no people can be free who themselves do not constitute an essential part of the ruling element of the country in which they live."
He uses this point to call for slave freedom. Not just for slave freedom and equality, though. No, he calls for an entirely free state/country where the slaves can rule themselves. That is the only way he can see them being truly free. If they don't make up the ruling element of the place they live, there will always be things working against them, for all of time. That's his main point.
I see this main point and I kind of agree with it. Even in today's world, you can see long held prejudices against different races, whether you personally have them or not. It would be nice to tell everyone to stop being that way and they do, but that's just not going to happen. So maybe the best choice would've been to give slaves their own country. We'll never know now. I just hope that prejudices and stereotypes against African Americans can be lessened.
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