Commentary One of the most common and widespread charges made against our nation’s history is that the American War for Independence was somehow executed for the purpose of protecting, perpetuating, and spreading the institution of slavery. In fact, the 1619 Project even declared that “one of the primary reasons the colonists decided to declare independence from Britain was because they wanted to protect the institution of slavery.” Another writer, parroting the leftist vision of the past, says that “patriot leaders weaponized prejudice about African Americans … to unite the American colonists.” However, just like nearly every other similar claim, once one starts to review the actual historical record surrounding the Revolutionary War, a radically different picture comes into view. One which, instead, shows that the War for Independence was the spark that ignited the fires of anti-slavery action, not only in America but, indeed, the entire world. To start with, many of …