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To: WhiskeyPapa
People are not property; understand that?

Abraham Lincoln did consider slaves to be property. Try Matson v. Rutherford (111. Cir. Ct. 1847). Lincoln argued that Jane Bryant and her four children, as escaped property, should be returned to Robert Matson.

339 posted on 08/21/2003 5:54:06 AM PDT by 4CJ (Come along chihuahua, I want to hear you say yo quiero taco bell. - Nolu Chan, 28 Jul 2003)
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To: 4ConservativeJustices
People are not property; understand that?

Abraham Lincoln did consider slaves to be property. Try Matson v. Rutherford (111. Cir. Ct. 1847). Lincoln argued that Jane Bryant and her four children, as escaped property, should be returned to Robert Matson.

We can understand that Lincoln would have attitudes from 1847. I am not sure we can extend you the same consideration.

Walt

341 posted on 08/21/2003 9:35:40 AM PDT by WhiskeyPapa (Virtue is the uncontested prize.)
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