[Ohioan]

Actually, it was the Dred Scott decision, not the Constitution or the Founders. The Constitution gave the federal government control of slavery in the territories and Congress exercised this control until the Supreme Court, totally Democrat t the time, changed that. It was the drive to return to the federal government's control over slavery which gave birth to the Republican Party.

The Republican party had several roots, and had contested the 1856 election two years before Dred Scott--as the number two party. Its roots were principally in the collapsing Whig party and the Know Nothing Movement.

But why do you persist in trying to keep a slavery debate going on a thread seeking to honor loyal Southern Negroes?

William Flax

[Grand Old Partisan]

It is lunacy to honor people who did not exist.

[Grand Old Partisan]

A bit of historical persective about where this story was first published:

When U.S. troops finally entered Knoxville, Tennessee, cheering residents lined the main street, waving American flags they had hidden at risk to their lives. Many rushed out to place Confederate flags on the ground for their liberators to walk on.