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Buffalo NAACP: Stop naming things after Millard Fillmore
AP ^ | February 12, 2015 | CAROLYN THOMPSON

Posted on 02/12/2015 7:09:17 PM PST by ConservativeStatement

The Buffalo branch of the nation's oldest civil rights organization has asked elected officials to deny any future requests to attach the 13th president's name to places or things, citing his signing of the 1850 Fugitive Slave Act that allowed for the capture and return of runaway slaves.

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TOPICS: History; Local News
KEYWORDS: fillmore; naacp
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To: Veggie Todd

Can you back those numbers up? If so, I will soooo glad to point this out to some liberals. :)


21 posted on 02/13/2015 2:43:35 AM PST by SoFloFreeper
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To: ConservativeStatement

Nice to know the NAACP is focused on the important issues.


22 posted on 02/13/2015 2:46:57 AM PST by Fzob (Jesus + anything = nothing, Jesus + nothing = everything)
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To: ConservativeStatement

At the time, runaway slaves were PROPERTY. Yes, it was wrong, but it was the LAW.


23 posted on 02/13/2015 8:12:01 AM PST by JimRed (Excise the cancer before it kills us; feed & water the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS NOW & FOREVER!)
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