Charles M. Blow: Yes, even George Washington

On the issue of American slavery, I am an absolutist: enslavers were amoral monsters.The very idea that one group of people believed that they had the right to own another human being is abhorrent and depraved. The fact that their control was enforced by violence was barbaric.People often try to explain this away by saying that the people who enslaved Africans in this country were simply men and women of their age, abiding by the mores of the time.But, that explanation falters. There were also m