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To: deannadurbin
Perhaps, but he was president under a constitution that specified that slaves could be owned and bought and sold.

If Davis thought that slaves were human, why is of that his constitution did not state that humans could be property?

52 posted on 02/20/2009 5:12:01 PM PST by trumandogz (The Democrats are driving us to Socialism at I00 MPH -The GOP is driving us to Socialism at 97.5 MPH)
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To: trumandogz

It didn’t state women were property either but they were. I don’t see your point, exactly. We’re looking for an actual quote from Jefferson Davis where he said this servant of his was not human. If I don’t see that quote I will continue to give him the benefit of the doubt that he did indeed think this man was human because he served him and even drove him around. Unless you’ve got a 1863 robot doing the job or a very smart horse to draw your carriage I would assume Mr. Davis knew this was a human being serving him (and as it turned out SPYING on him as well).


57 posted on 02/20/2009 7:11:50 PM PST by deannadurbin
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