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Posted by trainsarefun on Sun Feb 15 22:21:15 2009, in response to Re: WSJ interview with Jeb Bush: GOP must be national party, moderate on immigration, push school ch, posted by Easy on Sun Feb 15 21:45:14 2009. And he was obviously mistaken regarding the intent of our forefathers anyway.The intent of a group is such a difficult thing to discern. The Founders had a variety of views on the subject. Washington freed his slaves, Adams was opposed to slavery, Jefferson was opposed to slavery but retained his slaves, Madison was opposed to slavery (I'm not sure if he had slaves) and was one of the early voices in favor of the "Back to Africa" movement, Franklin became the most famous early abolitionist in the country, but many others supported slavery. So the record was one of great ambivalence overall. Many of the most famous Founders thought that slavery was wrong, but they did not believe in racial equality. But many other Founders were enthusiastic slaveholders. |
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