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To: sourcery
What act of Congress created and authorized the institituion of Slavery at the Federal level?

None

As there was no act that said it was illegal.

190 posted on 05/10/2006 7:12:13 PM PDT by TYVets (God so loved the world he didn't send a committee)
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To: TYVets
As there was no act that said it was illegal.

And where in the US Constitution was Congress given the power to criminalize slavery? Note that it took a Constitutional Ammendment to do that.

Bottom line: If the US Federal government can be held responsible for not outlawing slavery, then every person can be held liable for failing to come to the aid of another, whenever there was need. It is not possible to construct a logically-consistent ethical system based on any such premise.

191 posted on 05/10/2006 7:42:51 PM PDT by sourcery (Political & economic freedom: More important than gays burning flags at their weddings)
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