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Originally Posted by barahona44
Trading in slaves ended in the UK in 1807,then slavery itself in 1833.And it didn't take a costly and destructive war to do it.
After the Revolutionary War, America was an independent nation,free to end slavery but chose not to.Pointing fingers at the British is irrelevent.
In other words, not everything the "Founding Fathers" did was marvelous.Just a reminder
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Many of them DID want to outlaw it but knew it was not going to happen. They did make some concessions, ie, the 3/5 or whatever clause - laying the groundwork. Second guessing them hundreds of years later is not a reason to dismiss them, especially for political points as horsey was doing. Most of what they put together has worked rather well not only for us, but the the whole world.
The major error they made was not specifically outlawing political parties.
And I would point out to horsey that fixing immigration and passing tighter gun laws was an operation that the dem chose not to address even when they had the power to get both done.
