You’ve probably read something about a race-baiting screed at the New York Times which tries to claim the founding of our nation happened in 1619 with the arrival of the first contingent of kidnapped Africans in North America. Historians near-universally discount that thesis.
Whatever happened in our part of North America prior to 1776 was mostly Britons doing whatever Britons were up to in those years. Bringing those Africans here and welcoming their labor? British colonists did that.
Using their labor to produce tobacco and cotton, both much in demand in Britain? It was done at the instigation of British importers.
If what happened earlier bothers you, blame Brits. Until the Revolution, there were no “Americans.” Who was here were colonists from a variety of European locales, many of them Brits, Scots, and Irish, but also French, Germans, Spaniards, Portuguese, and a few Dutch. The colonial governments, such as they were, existed at the sufferance of the British crown, and were run by colonial administrators sent out from London.
Those who forget (or never learned) history make all sorts of wild, unfounded claims. These are best ignored, or if you have the energy and time, refuted.
