WHAT JUNETEENTH MEANS: The Left tells us incessantly that the presence of slavery in American history proves our system is based on White Racism and that this nation’s unparalleled prosperity from an early date was built “on the backs of slaves.”

But here’s a thought – what if slavery in the South actually retarded the nation’s economic expansion? Rod Martin suggests that the North’s Civil War victory was attributable in great part to the fact freedom produces innovation, productivity and creativity, while the slave-based economy of the South was far behind in development, economically and otherwise.