250 years of American independence: 'Enslaved and freed Black people were not merely witnesses to the Atlantic Revolutions, they were active participants'

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Elisabeth Landi, a history professor, argues in this op-ed for Le Monde that commemorations marking the birth of the United States should fully acknowledge the memory of Black fighters who shed their blood for a revolution that did not challenge the institution of slavery.