Quotes By Our Founding Fathers.

shilala · 07-08-2015, 02:36 PM

Oddly, George Mason was a slaveholder from Virginia.
He's also the man who's mostly responsible for our Bill of Rights.

People today many times think that people spoke out of two sides of their mouths back then, which is understandable.
A large majority of the population DID support abolition, but could really only speak as hard as their income was indebted to slavery.
It was a strange, strange time that was completely polarized by slavery.

It was just in 1783 that Massachusetts made the first move to just flat-out abolish slavery in their state. Every slave was freed.
Before that, Pennsylvania and Vermont made gestures in that direction, partially putting a stop to slavery. They chose a more gradual abolition.
Between 75 and 83, all the 13 colonies had plans in place to end slavery.
Then it took 80 more years and millions of lives to put an end to it.
So sad.

07-08-2015, 02:36 PM	#24
shilala Dear Lord, Thank You. Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Scott Posts: 13,721 Trading: (252)	Re: Quotes By Our Founding Fathers. Oddly, George Mason was a slaveholder from Virginia. He's also the man who's mostly responsible for our Bill of Rights. People today many times think that people spoke out of two sides of their mouths back then, which is understandable. A large majority of the population DID support abolition, but could really only speak as hard as their income was indebted to slavery. It was a strange, strange time that was completely polarized by slavery. It was just in 1783 that Massachusetts made the first move to just flat-out abolish slavery in their state. Every slave was freed. Before that, Pennsylvania and Vermont made gestures in that direction, partially putting a stop to slavery. They chose a more gradual abolition. Between 75 and 83, all the 13 colonies had plans in place to end slavery. Then it took 80 more years and millions of lives to put an end to it. So sad. __________________