[wagglebee]

Some of the better-educated slaves in young America probably weren’t entirely impressed with all of the founders’ work, either.

It is a recorded FACT that many if not most of the Founding Fathers deplored slavery, but were forced to compromise in order to insure passage of the Constitution.

Are you somehow suggesting that they would have also supported sodomites "marrying" each other?

[little jeremiah]

George Washington: “there is not a man living who wishes more sincerely than I do, to see a plan adopted for the abolition of it.”

John Adams: “Every measure of prudence, therefore, ought to be assumed for the eventual total extirpation of slavery from the United States…. I have, through my whole life, held the practice of slavery in …abhorrence.”

Benjamin Franklin: “Slavery is …an atrocious debasement of human nature.”

James Madison: “We have seen the mere distinction of colour made in the most enlightened period of time, a ground of the most oppressive dominion ever exercised by man over man.”

“It is much to be wished that slavery may be abolished. The honour
of the States, as well as justice and humanity, in my opinion,
loudly call upon them to emancipate these unhappy people.
To contend for our own liberty, and to deny that blessing to
others, involves an inconsistency not to be excused.” —John Jay

“[Y]our late purchase of an estate in the colony of Cayenne, with
a view to emancipating the slaves on it, is a generous and noble
proof of your humanity. Would to God a like spirit would diffuse
itself generally into the minds of the people of this country;
but I despair of seeing it.” —George Washington

[metmom]

The slave trade was banned as illegal in the United States in 1808.

More of that danged government interference there for you.

We can’t have that being illegal, now can we? After all, the government has no business being involved with moral issues and has no right to tell someone that they cannot own another human being.

I mean, really,.....

Follow this liberal *logic* (for a complete lack of a better term) and this is where it will get you. Are there any libertarians who support slavery? Hmmmm? Where are those champions of non-government interference in people’s personal lives?