On Friday, July 10, 2015 at 9:59:18 AM UTC-5, Muggles wrote:
On 7/10/2015 7:13 AM, Stormin Mormon wrote:
On 7/10/2015 12:11 AM, Muggles wrote:
On 7/9/2015 10:54 PM, Dan Espen wrote:
You said, "the constitution, with all of it's wonderful amendment still
made slavery legal". Could you clarify what you mean?

Think back, the constitution, then they realized something was
missing...

It's called the Bill of Rights, the first 10 amendments.


OK ... what about the Bill of Rights? What do they have to do with
making slavery legal?


The Bill of Rights provides limits on the power of
government. Which, sadly, are being ignored now days.


I agree with that. I just can't figure out which one made slavery legal.

--
Maggie


When The Constitution was drafted, it was ambiguous on the subject of slavery even though many of the framers were abolitionists and wanted The Constitution to prohibit slavery. If The Constitution had prohibited slavery, none of the Southern colonies that had large numbers of slaves would have ratified The Constitution and there would have been no United States. The information is easy to find on the Interweb but you'll need to go to several sites in order to filter out the spin different sides will put on history. When a large number of sources present the same information the same way, it's usually much closer to the truth. I found a YouTube video that will make Democrats howl because it presents the truth about their party. ^_^

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wz_0utCrm0

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