tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post1189799573964535006..comments2024-02-29T03:34:23.190-05:00Comments on Who Were the Sea Peoples?: Caring About Causes, Not Peoplegcallahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10065877215969589482noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-50848139842267419112011-07-11T02:54:34.594-04:002011-07-11T02:54:34.594-04:00That may be true, Prateek, I do not know.That may be true, Prateek, I do not know.gcallahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10065877215969589482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-8816775389761774622011-07-11T02:44:49.852-04:002011-07-11T02:44:49.852-04:00I broach a sensitive topic, but historian Clyde Wi...I broach a sensitive topic, but historian Clyde Wilson often says that there were some American abolitionists who never cared about the plight of slaves.<br /><br />Many of them had never lifted a finger to help slaves in their personal lives, but merely did it because it was "right and moral". It was an abstract Puritan thing.<br /><br />Such moralists may have hindered the movement to end slavery.<br /><br />Disclosure: Yes, Clyde Wilson is a self-professed South US partisan. He is a biased source, I admit.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com