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To: jeffersondem; DiogenesLamp; DoodleDawg; rockrr
Here is a discussion of the term "domestic insurrection" which does not mention any slave-revolt type events in 1776.

The 1807 US Insurrection Act mentions as if synonyms:

So we see there how such words were used in those days.
My basic argument here is:

In Jefferson's words, Dunmore's "to bear arms" became "to rise in arms" the words used in Jefferson's famous deleted paragraph, whose chief point is to blame the King for imposing slavery on Americans.
Jefferson nowhere intends to imply that the US Revolution is for the purpose of defending slavery, only to complain that Brits used slaves against patriots.
343 posted on 11/30/2017 8:45:14 AM PST by BroJoeK (a little historical perspective...)
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To: BroJoeK
“Here is a discussion of the term “domestic insurrection” which does not mention any slave-revolt type events in 1776.”

But the 2003 article does discuss anti-abortion violence in the context of “domestic insurrection.” I offer, without proof, that anti-abortion violence was not what Jefferson meant by the term “domestic violence.” And Jefferson was not referencing the Detroit Sitdown Strike of 1936 either.

Sadly, I predicted just such a result in my humorous post 325 when I invited a search of the internet. Read again, for the first time, what I wrote:

“Yes, I know that recommending an internet search is dangerous. And, yes, I will wager the value of a medium-priced homosexual cupcake that you will find a college student, or maybe a professor, that will claim the term “domestic insurrection” refers to the practice of women burning braziers. But that is not factual.”

Again, please post any sources you have that support your claim that Jefferson's reference to “domestic insurrection” in the DOI refers to loyalists or Indians.

346 posted on 11/30/2017 10:00:45 AM PST by jeffersondem
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