But we also have dark periods of our history. And indeed, I would argue that one of our great triumphs is overcoming those dark periods in our history. To try to whitewash and eliminate and cover up the history of slavery is to ignore the first third of our country's history altogether. And the cause of the greatest cataclysm this country has ever faced. And to eliminate, for example, a display about slavery at Harper's Ferry is just flat ridiculous. (02:40–02:50)
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Asserts that eliminating the history of slavery ignores a significant portion of U.S. history.
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