1.   But Vercher saw slavery only as a shameful part of the past, and tried to wipe it from his mind.

2.   If a portion of our population sees only slavery in those two representations, then we ought to be most careful of how we use it.

3.   Vercher saw slavery only as a shameful part of the past, and tried to wipe it from his mind.

4.   And, after some struggle, he came to see slavery not as a pragmatic problem but a moral blight.

5.   While some may see slavery as history, others regard it as an open wound.