How do you suppose southern planters could lead a rebellion against an

How do you suppose southern planters could lead a rebellion against an English government they feared was threatening their rights and liberties, and, at the same time, hold thousands of blacks as their slaves? Explain this apparent inconsistency.

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ANSWER
The inconsistency was apparent to many and it bothered them. Most, though, were able to draw a distinction between the racial slavery they controlled and the political slavery they feared from Britain. As British subjects and members of the colonial elite, they had rights and liberties; slaves were not British subjects and were assumed to be an inferior people.