*80% of the slave trade went south of what is now the United States. (according to National Geographic) There was even a Papal Bull following a 1452 delivery of slaves to Portugal BLESSING the permeant state of slavery allowed on "black gentiles" by the Portuguese. That is, non-Muslim subsaharan africans. (There were already treaties concerning treatment of Muslims by Christians, but it seems they felt that subsaharan blacks has never been granted such protections, so this was a Papal clarification/doctrine. Does anyone ever accuse the Portuguese or Spanish of their atrocities, or hold civil rights marches anywhere from the Carribean to South America? Of course not. So what is the vindication to vilify America? I am so sick of the liberal tripe--llike that on this thread, that I almost look forward to our coming civil war. You liberal Founding Fathers hating bastards better get ready to duck then!