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| Topic | Were the American Founding Fathers cowards when it came to slavery? |
| CommonJoe 07/19/20 2:34:07 PM #36: | Esrac posted... That caused a significant boom in the southern cotton plantation economy, which would've increased demand for slave labor and prolonged the practice longer than may have been foreseen in 1776. I dont think that played a factor. The Founders faced an emergent nation that as it was was only just holding together, and that unity remained tenous up until the post Civil War era when the US as a single nation finally became an accepted part of American identities. A lot of the Founders early decisions were based around appeasing the South to maintain unity. A good example: The "militia" lines in the Second Amendment? There to ensure the South that their militias wouldnt be disbanded in favor of the national army. The North needed the South to do what it wanted to do, but the same wasnt true in reverse. We have to remember that when we judge the Founders. --- Maxwell is -not- going to kill herself. ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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