Posted on 03/11/2010 4:08:51 AM PST by Freedom'sWorthIt
Ben Franklin was the first president of the first anti-slavery society in the United States.
In 1787, the Northwest Ordinance outlawed slavery in the Midwest.
Richard Bassett, a Signer of the Constitution, converted to Methodism, freed all his slaves and paid them as hired labor.
John Quincy Adams fought to end slavery by removing Congress' Gag Rule.
In 1807, Congress passed the Slave Importation Act, prohibiting further importation of slaves. 19 of the 34 States outlawed slavery before the Civil War: Pennsylvania 1787, New Hampshire 1788, Connecticut 1788, Massachusetts 1788, Rhode Island 1790, Vermont 1791, New York 1799, Ohio 1803, New Jersey 1804, Indiana 1816, Illinois 1818, Maine 1820, Michigan 1837, Iowa 1846, Wisconsin 1848, Minnesota 1858, Oregon 1859, California 1850 and Kansas 1861.
Senator Charles Sumner's vehement stand against slavery resulted in Congressman Preston S. Brooks of South Carolina violently beating him on the head with a cane while he was seated at his desk on the floor of the U.S. Senate. Charles Sumner died MARCH 11, 1874, having never fully recovered from those injuries.
A founder of the Republican Party, Charles Sumner served as a Senator from Massachusetts for 23 years, stated: "Familiarity with that great story of redemption, when God raised up the slave-born Moses to deliver His chosen people from bondage, and with that sublimer story where our Saviour died a cruel death that all men, without distinction of race, might be saved, makes slavery impossible."
Charles Sumner continued: "There is no reason for renouncing Christianity, or for surrendering to the false religions; nor do I doubt that Christianity will yet prevail over the earth as the waters cover the sea."
How many here knew that one of the founders of the Republican party took one of the strongest stands against slavery in this country because of his Christian faith - and was beaten by a Congressman and never fully recovered - dying on March 11, 1874 - having never fully recovered from that beating.
Amazing facts - did you know about Charles Sumner, US Senator, whose strong stand against slavery in the USA resulted in a Congressman from SC beating him over the head with a cane? And that Charles Sumner equated the need to end slavery in America to the deliverance of the children of Israel from their enslavement by the Egyptians? And that Charles Sumner was one of the founders of the Republican Party?
Ping some others and tell somebody today - African Americans need to join the Republican Party TODAY. It is our heritage of ending slavery that they can best align themselves with - not the enslaving “Great Society” party of the LBJ led Democrats.
Democrats were allowed to murder even then as they both for slavery.
Second, Brooks was the "Amy Bishop" of his time.
"Born in Roseland, Edgefield County, South Carolina, he was the son of Whitfield and Mary Parsons-Carroll Brooks.
Brooks attended South Carolina College (now known as the University of South Carolina)
but was expelled just before graduation for threatening local police officers with firearms."
Third, note the great wisdom of Ben Franklin (relevant to Obama):
“There is scarce a king in a hundred who would not, if he could, follow the example of
Pharaoh — get first all the people’s money, then their lands, and then make them and
their children servants forever. It will be said that we do not propose to establish kings. I
know it. But there is a natural inclination in mankind to kingly government. It sometimes
relieves them from aristocratic domination. They had rather have one tyrant than 500. It
gives more the appearance of equality among citizens, and that they like. I am
apprehensive — therefore — perhaps too apprehensive — that the government of these
States may in future times end in a monarchy [not called a monarchy but an executive
with monarchial powers]. But this catastrophe, I think, may long be delayed, if in our
proposed system we do not sow the seeds of contention, faction and tumult, by making
our posts of honor places of profit. If we do, I fear that, though we employ at first a
number and not a single person, the number will in time be set aside, it will only nourish
the fetus of a king (as the honorable gentleman from Virginia very aptly expressed it),
and a king will the sooner be set over us.”
-- Benjamin Franklin
Pinging you - please ping others who may be interested in this.
Another great resource by this William Federer:
Faith in History on TCT TV network (TCT.TV)
http://vidego.multicastmedia.com/player.php?p=y2b99484
This is a link where you can replay past programs of “Faith in History” which is probably the most awesome history summaries I have found on Television anywhere.
Senator Charles Sumner held now Senator Brown’s seat in Massachusetts.
Wow! I had no idea the guy who beat Charles Sumner was a Democrat - alike unto today’s wacko Amy Bishop!!! (actually this is not a surprise is it....the more things change the more they stay the same)....
Awesome quotation by Ben Franklin.
Thanks for the added information.
Ah - quite a heritage then - even more than we knew!
Let’s pray that Scot Brown shows the wisdom and conviction that Charles Sumner showed.
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Thanks again!! amazing.
You might want to read this - and if you do please ping others.
Here is a Psalm that goes with this idea of delivery from slavery - and God’s provision for us all through His Word:
Psalm 107
1 Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good;
his love endures forever.
2 Let the redeemed of the LORD say this—
those he redeemed from the hand of the foe,
3 those he gathered from the lands,
from east and west, from north and south. [a]
4 Some wandered in desert wastelands,
finding no way to a city where they could settle.
5 They were hungry and thirsty,
and their lives ebbed away.
6 Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble,
and he delivered them from their distress.
7 He led them by a straight way
to a city where they could settle.
8 Let them give thanks to the LORD for his unfailing love
and his wonderful deeds for men,
9 for he satisfies the thirsty
and fills the hungry with good things.
10 Some sat in darkness and the deepest gloom,
prisoners suffering in iron chains,
11 for they had rebelled against the words of God
and despised the counsel of the Most High.
12 So he subjected them to bitter labor;
they stumbled, and there was no one to help.
13 Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble,
and he saved them from their distress.
14 He brought them out of darkness and the deepest gloom
and broke away their chains.
15 Let them give thanks to the LORD for his unfailing love
and his wonderful deeds for men,
16 for he breaks down gates of bronze
and cuts through bars of iron.
17 Some became fools through their rebellious ways
and suffered affliction because of their iniquities.
18 They loathed all food
and drew near the gates of death.
19 Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble,
and he saved them from their distress.
20 He sent forth his word and healed them;
he rescued them from the grave.
21 Let them give thanks to the LORD for his unfailing love
and his wonderful deeds for men.
22 Let them sacrifice thank offerings
and tell of his works with songs of joy.
23 Others went out on the sea in ships;
they were merchants on the mighty waters.
24 They saw the works of the LORD,
his wonderful deeds in the deep.
25 For he spoke and stirred up a tempest
that lifted high the waves.
26 They mounted up to the heavens and went down to the depths;
in their peril their courage melted away.
27 They reeled and staggered like drunken men;
they were at their wits’ end.
28 Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble,
and he brought them out of their distress.
29 He stilled the storm to a whisper;
the waves of the sea were hushed.
30 They were glad when it grew calm,
and he guided them to their desired haven.
31 Let them give thanks to the LORD for his unfailing love
and his wonderful deeds for men.
32 Let them exalt him in the assembly of the people
and praise him in the council of the elders.
33 He turned rivers into a desert,
flowing springs into thirsty ground,
34 and fruitful land into a salt waste,
because of the wickedness of those who lived there.
35 He turned the desert into pools of water
and the parched ground into flowing springs;
36 there he brought the hungry to live,
and they founded a city where they could settle.
37 They sowed fields and planted vineyards
that yielded a fruitful harvest;
38 he blessed them, and their numbers greatly increased,
and he did not let their herds diminish.
39 Then their numbers decreased, and they were humbled
by oppression, calamity and sorrow;
40 he who pours contempt on nobles
made them wander in a trackless waste.
41 But he lifted the needy out of their affliction
and increased their families like flocks.
42 The upright see and rejoice,
but all the wicked shut their mouths.
43 Whoever is wise, let him heed these things
and consider the great love of the LORD.
For anyone who is interested in correlating this study of Abolition with a Study in Exodus, culminating in the Passover, feel free to come on over to “Pray For The Peace of Jerusalem” in the “Religion” section of this Forum. (Sorry for the shameless plug! LOL)
Anyway, being from Boston, I grew up steeped in the history of the Abolitionist Movement. The “African-American Meeting House” has been a stop on the Freedom Trail as long as I can remember, as well as the Robert Gould Shaw Memorial.
I went to the Robert Gould Shaw Jr High School, and there were also schools named after Harriet Tubman, Charles Sumner, and Susan B. Anthony and Lucy Stone(Woman's Suffrage)
Tragically, Politics in Boston took a left turn somewhere along the line, and with it, the politics of victimization, grievance, and entitlement!
According to websites New York Historical Society (http://www.slaveryinnewyork.org/about_exhibit.htm) and NYSenate.gov (http://open.nysenate.gov/legislation/api/1.0/html/bill/S4738A), slavery was not abolished in New York State until 1827.
Legislation for the gradual abolition of slavery began in 1799, but the emancipation of all slaves did not become law until July 4, 1827.
Even so, until 1841, it remained legal for slave owners to bring slaves into New York and keep them there, in slavery, for as long as nine months. This was abolished in 1841 under the leadership of Governor William Seward, one of the founders of the Republican Party.
ALL honest and freedom loving people need to join the Republican Party TODAY!
Note tagline.
We praise the liberty given to the slaves, and also some (because there is disagreement here) also praise Abraham Lincoln for carrying it through -- although it came at the expense of the 10th Amendment, States Rights.
I believe that at a later time, slavery would have ceased to be an issue and something that would be allowed to continue in the South, given time and the economics of the situation.
If that had been allowed to progress, perhaps the 10th Amendment would have remained functionally intact. As it stands now, it's been somewhat limited in practice as an outgrowth of the Civil War and of what Abraham Lincoln did in order to keep the Union intact.
Some would have preferred that the Union not have been kept intact, the South go its own way, and the 10th Amendment remain intact -- which would have then, perpetuated slavery for a while longer, until it became less viable, economically.
The time frame would have been different for "freedom" if it had been allowed to go that way, taking a lot longer, and that would have been no consolation to those who were not free -- but for many that I see posting here, having the 10th Amendment "cut down" in actual practice and having never "recovered" from that time -- they perhaps think it was too high a price to pay.
Those are the conflicts of life that we have to deal with.
While I think that freedom for the slaves was very important, I also think that the 10th Amendment is important -- and -- I also think keeping the Union intact is important. Unfortunately, in "real life" -- all these things don't always work together in harmony.
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Thanks for that added information.
So glad you liked this American Minute! It was about information I did not know - so I loved reading it and posting it. I love what William Federer is doing so will post this thread every day by God’s Grace - and you are on the ping list!!!
(Yes, Boston/Mass went leftist but God is going to take it back!!!! Praise His Holy Name1)
Being a Southerner, I have always believed the Civil War was unnecessary - that the slavery issue would have worked itself out.
However, I read “The Light and the Glory” and received much insight into why the Civil War occurred - its all tied up with God’s promises - both for blessings and for deliverance and for judgement....
Anyway - thanks for your post!
Ok - thank you for noting this thread.
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