npub143j4lfqfxyqpsk0lg869wa6pzgaxqw3tzeeu2y7tdwyegayhdseqgjh9ad (npub143j…h9ad) "Gadsden intended his flag as a warning to Britain not to violate the liberties of its American subjects."
Taxation without representation by England, and Indentured Servitude were forms of slavery, agreed. Of course the school was probably completely ignorant of this, given the abhorrent state of government education systems for the past 80 years, and was conflating it with something else.
Not to mention Press Gangs: https://www.parliament.uk/about/living-heritage/transformingsociety/private-lives/yourcountry/overview/pressgangs-/