Black History and Roe v. Wade
As “fire eaters” on both sides drove this country towards civil war, Democrats professed an apparent contradiction. They demanded protection for slavery where existing, and the right to take their “property” into the territories. They demanded the right to trade their “property” across state lines, and enforcement of the Fugitive Slave Law. Yet during the last heated debates and for years prior, these same people joined the near universal condemnation of the international slave trade.
This contradiction vanishes when understanding the South was being overrun with their peculiar “property”. Senator Alfred Iverson of Georgia said before Congress, “We know well that we never can enjoy equal possession of the territories without protection of our property….. They increase, according to the last census bill, at the rate of 32% every ten years.” Meaning the South needed new slave states, and plantations to absorb the increase.
One hundred fifty years later the Black Community provides 90% voting plurality to the Democratic Party, and adopts their Pro-Choice sacrament of abortion. According to the Centers for Disease Control, black women in 2008 accounted for over 40% of abortions, though blacks constituted about 13% of total population. Applying antebellum population growth to the Roe v. Wade period would mean 68 million blacks instead of the 42 million currently living.
So what benefits accrue from a 90% voting record compared to a 3/5 compulsory enrichment of the master’s status?
African American Population
http://www.blackdemographics.com/
The Demographic Profile of African Americans, 1970-71 to 2000-01
http://www.black-collegian.com/issues/30thAnn/demographic2001-30th.shtml
Is Abortion Overused in the Black Community?
http://www.theroot.com/views/blacks-and-roe-v-wade
I really appreciated the information you provided here. I feel like, as Republicans we need to have an unbreakable grasp on the black and Hispanic community of voters. It requires work and so few are willing to do it!
Great links - thanks for them. The liberal left likes to forget their history of racism, especially in the deep south. The Dixiecrats have a long history of being participants in the KKK.
Prominent politicians such as Harry Truman and Robert Byrd come to mind.