What is one idea presented by de Crevecoeur that NO LONGER defines Americans today? Explain.

America is no longer defined by slavery. One important themes in Letters is the emphasis placed on the brutality, inhumanity of slavery. When James realizes the true depth of this harsh viscerality, he laments it, believing it has absolutely ruined the colonies' beauty for him. He debates the depraved morals that would allow a human to keep another human being in such wretched conditions, working him like an animal, and becomes despondent about the future of the American people who would allow such a thing to occur.