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Then why didn't they write the founding documents so that black people would be free and women and black people could vote? Would have saved us a lot of conflic
by plagiarist 3y ago
Then why didn't they write the founding documents so that black people would be free and women and black people could vote? Would have saved us a lot of conflict over the years.
- refurb 3y agoBecause, at the time, those beliefs were not universal, and a compromise was made as formation of the Republic would likely not have happened otherwise. All the writings of the Founding Fathers are free and publicly available. You can learn all about it.
- plagiarist 3y agoI like learning, link us to some quotes.
- refurb 3y agoLike any subject, I’d you want a respectable understanding it’s going to take some commitment to studying key documents, not just reading. A few quotes. You don’t get smarter reading a few 140 characters tweets.
- lostlogin 3y agoThat might explain the document, but that doesn’t explain some of them keeping slaves themselves. Jefferson even went on to be president and while he did things to restrict the trade, he kept slaves and opposed some measure to restrict slavery (for reasons much as you describe). https://www.crf-usa.org/images/t2t/pdf/HowShouldWeJudgeOurNation.pdf https://www.crf-usa.org/images/t2t/pdf/HowShouldWeJudgeOurNa... https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson_and_slavery https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson_and_slavery
- CutieConstable 3y agoBecause it would have tore up the social and economic fabric of significant parts of the US. The Founders were ahead of their time, but they still recognized that the vast majority of their countrymen were not.