To: Homer_J_Simpson
Thurlow Weed has a bit of a Bernie Sanders look.
Mr. Strong’s thoughts on slavery are forceful but nuanced. It will be interesting to see how this develops. It’s also interesting that he believes the “masses” of Northern voters are vehemently opposed to abolitionism or anything like it.
47 posted on
10/19/2016 5:04:42 AM PDT by
Tax-chick
("So we do nothing as the rendezvous with financial collapse gets ever closer."~VDH)
To: Tax-chick
Mr. Strong’s thoughts on slavery are forceful but nuanced. It will be interesting to see how this develops. It’s also interesting that he believes the “masses” of Northern voters are vehemently opposed to abolitionism or anything like it. That "conversation on race" we are always being told it is time for has been going on for a long time already.
48 posted on
10/19/2016 7:43:24 AM PDT by
Homer_J_Simpson
("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
To: Tax-chick
He is correct about lack of popular enthusiasm for abolition in the north. It really wasn’t a popular idea, but at least you could speak about abolition in the north and not be murdered for it.
52 posted on
10/21/2016 5:24:12 PM PDT by
henkster
(Better to be Pavlov's Dog than Schroedinger's Cat)
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