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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Can you back those numbers up? If so, I will soooo glad to point this out to some liberals. :)
Nice to know the NAACP is focused on the important issues.
At the time, runaway slaves were PROPERTY. Yes, it was wrong, but it was the LAW.
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