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To: PerConPat

“Does “the governed” also refer to the enslaved?”

No; the concept of “consent of the governed” was not a reference to slaves voting for wage and hour laws.

At least I don’t know of any signers of the DOI that argued that slaves were brought to this country to be electors.

Maybe you know otherwise.


111 posted on 12/16/2023 5:59:10 PM PST by jeffersondem
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To: jeffersondem

What I know is only my belief that to argue for states rights on the basis of “consent of the governed”, whilst owning slaves, is hypocritical.


112 posted on 12/16/2023 6:12:59 PM PST by PerConPat (A politician is an animal which can sit on a fence and yet keep both ears to the ground.- Mencken)
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