Posted on 07/06/2011 7:04:42 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
“There is not a man living who wishes more sincerely than I do, to see a plan adopted for the abolition of it.”
- George Washington, letter to Robert Morris, April 12, 1786
“Every measure of prudence, therefore, ought to be assumed for the eventual total extirpation of slavery from the United States. … I have, throughout my whole life, held the practice of slavery in … abhorrence.”
- John Adams, letter to Robert Evans, June 8, 1819
“It is much to be wished that slavery may be abolished. The honour of the States, as well as justice and humanity, in my opinion, loudly call upon them to emancipate these unhappy people. To contend for our own liberty, and to deny that blessing to others, involves an inconsistency not to be excused.”
- John Jay, letter to R. Lushington, March 15, 1786
“I believe a time will come when an opportunity will be offered to abolish this lamentable evil.”
- Patrick Henry, letter to Robert Pleasants, Jan. 18, 1773
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The international slave trade was allowed by the Constitution to be outlawed twenty years after ratification, in 1808. James Madison’s quote is from 1810.
There was an entire regiment of such soldiers from Rhode Island.
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But none from South Carolina
And they were granted full citizenship.
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were they allowed to vote and own land ???
the thousands of loyalist slaves and runaways that the British sent into slavery in the Caribbean.
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Got a source for that ???
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