The ultimate in intolerance and bigotry is to condemn people for having the temerity of thinking differently from you, particularly as to people who lived long before you were born. Best to always recall these words of Abraham Lincoln on October 16, 1854:
Before proceeding, let me say I think I have no prejudice against the Southern people. They are just what we would be in their situation. If slavery did not now exist amongst them, they would not introduce it. If it did now exist amongst us, we should not instantly give it up. This I believe of the masses north and south. Doubtless there are individuals, on both sides, who would not hold slaves under any circumstances; and others who would gladly introduce slavery anew, if it were out of existence. We know that some southern men do free their slaves, go north, and become tip-top abolitionists; while some northern ones go south, and become most cruel slave-masters.
Circumstances and our times shape our opinions in this Vale of Tears far more than we would like them to. When the present condemns the past for not being the present, the future waits chortling in the wings of History.
In other news, my research tells me that at least woke Connecticut had registered six (6) slave owners that were Black. I await the cry for reparations from the community for this infringement upon the dignity of Black people. I will set aside the issue of the racial component of inner city aboritoriums for the moment.