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Because, 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 th
by refurb 3y ago
Because, 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