“It’s very interesting when you think about it, the slaves who left here to go to America, because of their steadfast and their religion and their belief in freedom, helped change America.”
~ George W. Bush, Dakar, Senegal, July 8, 2003

A Slave with Scars on his Back (photo)
The back of a Louisiana cotton plantation slave who had been whipped by his owner, Captain John Lyon (April 2, 1863). The back of a steadfast, protestant and free man, who left his country to help make America the wealthiest and most powerful nation in the world.