Posted on 07/10/2015 7:40:04 AM PDT by The_Media_never_lie
Thank you so much and if you do not mind I will spread that about to others.
It was written by a black man.
I suspect that you have an exaggerated conception of how many slaves there were.
He is a well known Black minister.
He has been in the news frequently criticizing men like Obama, and Farrakhan.
Neither of us were there.
How can we judge?
You rely on assumption.
Political correctness is the worst disease; reality is not up for election.
At the time in question, there were far more ministers of the gospel than lawyers in office. People somehow tended to believe their pastors capable of greater things than normal men.
I don’t think they do any more.
More ministers than lawyers in office in the early 19th century?
You’re going to have to provide some reference for that.
Of the 55 men who were delegates to the Constitutional Convention, 35 were attorneys or had legal training. AFAIK, none were clergy.
The U.S. Census states the percentages of blacks. That has nothing to do with whether they were slaves. They were blacks living in the geographical South. The figure of 75% Scotch/scotch Irish is bogus. The issue was not slaves, it was percentages of populations.
Congress was sent by the voters.
But actually, many of the founders were clergy, some were scientists, and mathematicians. Of those that had studied law, most were at odds with the idea of Americans respecting the Bar of London. Members of the Temple Bar were viewed as having compromised loyalties.
Enjoy your opinion.
Here’s a list of the occupations of the first Congress:
34 lawyers
15 soldiers
12 planters/farmers
11 businessmen/merchants
6 clergymen
5 statesmen/career politicians
4 physicians
3 teachers
1 diplomat
Do you have contemporary evidence for Americans being upset by London lawyers?
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