Allfreedom99 said:
It is true that there were some serious black marks on America's history. They had the wording right that all are created equal, but unfortunately some did not follow through with that. Understand though that at the time of the signing of the declaration of Independence and when forming the government there were deeply spirited fights over slavery at the time. There were many that abhorred it and one of the rough drafts decried the King for creating the slave trade. But others particularly most of the founders from North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia favored slavery. So since all did not agree it was omitted from the original document. Were there some hypocrites to this? yes there were. But there were also a good number of founders that were against it. For example Benjamin Franklin and Benjamin Rush created Americas first Anti-slavery society. John Jay was also president of something similar in New York. There were plenty other founders who were in support of anti-slavery societies that I won't bore you with. So whatever you have learned its not true that all the founders were hypocrites. The slave trade was something brought on the colonies decades before the declaration of independence and that evil had become intertwined into the lives of some of the colonists. Many of the founders did recognize it as unjust and evil. That fighting is in part what led up to the civil war years later. The fight between the founders on slavery was very much alive and eventually the truths of the constitution were realized when slavery was ended and also when women were able to vote. The constitution is based upon absolute rights, liberty, life, and pursuing happiness. Those are the basis and foundation of the nation. |
Actually if i recall correctly that "Everyone was born equally" was specifically left in as a protest by the abolishinists.
Really, the whole slavery vs abolisnists political struggle is one that's GREATLY overlooked as far as history goes and is a lot longer and more interesting then people let on.
As far as the history books make it seem, all the memorable founding fathers were more or less against it, though some were forced by law to keep their slaves... and then nobody was against it until right before the civil war.
