During a speech on the Senate floor, Kaine made the claim that America created slavery. He said "They were slaves, they had been captured against their will, but they landed in colonies that didn't have slavery — there were no laws about slavery in the colonies at that time. The United States didn't inherit slavery from anybody. We created it."<ref>[https://www.theblaze.com/news/tim-kaine-created-slavery-twitter Tim Kaine faces furious backlash after claiming the United States 'created' slavery]</ref> | During a speech on the Senate floor, Kaine made the claim that America created slavery. He said "They were slaves, they had been captured against their will, but they landed in colonies that didn't have slavery — there were no laws about slavery in the colonies at that time. The United States didn't inherit slavery from anybody. We created it."<ref>[https://www.theblaze.com/news/tim-kaine-created-slavery-twitter Tim Kaine faces furious backlash after claiming the United States 'created' slavery]</ref> |