Tell that to the Africans who remained enslaved an additional 15 years due his actions, a fact you concede mere sentences before this one. Impact, if you are the one in chains, is much, much more important than motive. Such estoric debates change nothing about the inhuman experiences of the enslaved, and therefore it can be little wonder that those descended from those slaves have little tolerance, patience, or sanguinity for such self-serving, obtuse hair-splitting.