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To: BroJoeK

Taney’s Ruling also went far beyond slavery/abolition, into ground where those of African descent and free could not be citizens, could not become citizens, and could not have recognized human rights.

It is also a far different thing to say that a slave had no place within the nation where he could “tag” to evade ownership, from saying that an owner willingly conveying the slave to a place known to prohibit slavery could pay no heed to the local laws - and further, that someone no longer bound to slavery could not, nor anyone on their behalf, protest an attempt to reassert the ownership.


72 posted on 10/22/2018 7:20:12 AM PDT by lepton ("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
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To: lepton
lepton:"Taney’s Ruling also went far beyond slavery/abolition, into ground where those of African descent and free could not be citizens, could not become citizens, and could not have recognized human rights."

Right, and that's the reason I refer to him as "Crazy Roger" -- because his ruling was not just contrary to what our Founders believed or intended, it was also insane.

77 posted on 10/22/2018 8:14:05 AM PDT by BroJoeK ((a little historical perspective...))
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