How is this for a grasp of history?
You silly ******s, the slaves came to America of their own accord. They believed in freedom, the kind of freedom that picking cotton and getting lynched could bring.
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It's very interesting when you think about it, the slaves who left here to go to America, because of their steadfast and their religion and their belief in freedom, helped change America
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http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/relea...0030708-3.html
Remarks by the President to Embassy Personnel
Leopold Sedar Senghor International Airport
Dakar, Senegal