Posted on 06/25/2020 12:07:21 PM PDT by C19fan
I remembered they electrified a few to keep pigeons off.
Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence. It's purpose was to assert and justify a right to leave the control of the British government.
Thomas Jefferson added a phrase to it that was incidental to it's main purpose, but electrifying in consequence.
Massachusetts was the first state to abolish slavery. In 1780 Massachusetts adopted a new constitution that borrowed the concept of equality asserted in the Declaration. Court cases were immediately filed alleging that since "all men are born free and equal", slavery was illegal. The courts decreed slavery abolished on this basis.
This concept started spreading throughout the northern states, and triggered many groups to seek abolition of slavery. It got people to thinking that it was unfair to demand equality for whites, and deny it to blacks.
Thomas Jefferson triggered a continuing "preference cascade" where people flipped from being indifferent to opposing slavery, and for lighting that fuse, he, more than anyone else, deserves credit for getting rid of slavery in the US.
Actually, I never saw that. I’m sure it happened, but if it did, I didn’t notice it.
Pump up the wattage!
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Electrify the statues.
dOn’T wOrRy. ItS oNlY cOnFeDeRaTeS tHeY aRe AfTeR.
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