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EDITORIAL: Bachmann was right--The Founding Founders did fight against slavery
Washington Times ^
| 07/01/2011
| The Editors
Posted on 07/06/2011 7:04:42 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: CodeToad
The international slave trade was allowed by the Constitution to be outlawed twenty years after ratification, in 1808. James Madison’s quote is from 1810.
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07/06/2011 11:04:41 AM PDT
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mvpel
To: Tennessee Nana
Why did they not do the same at least ???
What are you talking about? Thousands of slaves fought for the cause of liberty on their owner's behalf with the promise of manumission. And they were granted full citizenship. There was an entire regiment of such soldiers from Rhode Island.
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07/06/2011 11:25:39 AM PDT
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rmlew
("Mosques are our barracks, minarets our bayonets, domes our helmets, the believers our soldiers.")
To: rmlew
There was an entire regiment of such soldiers from Rhode Island.
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But none from South Carolina
To: rmlew
And they were granted full citizenship.
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were they allowed to vote and own land ???
To: Tennessee Nana
were they allowed to vote and own land ???
Yes, they could purchase land. And landowners of sufficient property could vote. Those who lacked the wealth to vote were no different than poor whites and were far better off than the thousands of loyalist slaves and runaways that the British sent into slavery in the Caribbean.
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07/06/2011 11:38:28 AM PDT
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rmlew
("Mosques are our barracks, minarets our bayonets, domes our helmets, the believers our soldiers.")
To: rmlew
the thousands of loyalist slaves and runaways that the British sent into slavery in the Caribbean.
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Got a source for that ???
To: Tennessee Nana
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07/07/2011 10:19:55 AM PDT
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rmlew
("Mosques are our barracks, minarets our bayonets, domes our helmets, the believers our soldiers.")
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