To: Republican Wildcat
Washington and Jefferson, after all, supported chattel slavery too. Washington, Jefferson, Madison openly stated that slavery was wrong and looked forward to its' abolition.
The Confederate battle flag was not widely displayed in the South until school desegregation became an issue in the 1950's and it became the flag of the segregationists.
12 posted on
06/20/2015 12:52:56 PM PDT by
iowamark
(I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy)
To: iowamark
The Confederate battle flag was not widely displayed in the South until school desegregation became an issue in the 1950's and it became the flag of the segregationists. Really? Did not know that.
To: iowamark
The Confederate battle flag was not widely displayed in the South until school desegregation became an issue in the 1950's ..... I guaran-damn-tee you it was widely displayed in the 1860's.
45 posted on
06/20/2015 1:30:36 PM PDT by
lentulusgracchus
("If America was a house , the Left would root for the termites." - Greg Gutfeld)
To: iowamark
Washington, Jefferson, Madison openly stated that slavery was wrong and looked forward to its' abolition. Jefferson didn't abolish his own personal usage of slavery, and Washington didn't free his slaves till after his death. Washington was slowly coaxed into being an abolitionist. For most of his life he wasn't, it was only towards the end that he became one. Madison owned 100 slaves during his life.
They may have opposed slavery with their words, but they certainly never got to the point of opposing it with their deeds. (Except for Washington, after he died.)
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