It is always good to find out more about what has happened in history, and what historical figures have done--

In the course of this discussion, I've gotten to know more about Newton than I did-- (apart from details on his slaving, which I'd known about, I've learned about his relationships with Wilberforce and Cowper, and about his evangelical work, etc) I have also learned more about how the commerce in slavery operated(particularly about how the trading of arms fit into it), and I have read some first person accounts of the massacre of Indians and Chinese in California, and refreshed my memory on Junipero Serra---

All in all, a curious, but worthwhile excercise in revulsion.