Quote:
Originally posted by Jorath Calar:
~snip~
But I was wrong... and I admit it, it doesn't say so explicitly and I apologise. I heard this some time ago and of course just believed it.
Then, now when reading your reply I actually read the constitution (well skimmed over it [img]smile.gif[/img] ) and couldn't find it saying so explicitly, guess they meant that by not addressing slavery in the original 10 amandments slavery was seen as being accepted.
|
Actually several of the framers of the Constitution lobbied for abolition, and putting the banning of slavery into the main document, however a compromise was made in order to get the states that ran primarily on slavery to sign on, IIRC a time limit was set on how long slaves could be imported, and after that time they could no longer be imported from Africa.
__________________
"Any attempt to cheat, especially with my wife, who is a dirty, dirty, tramp, and I am just gonna snap." Knibb High Principal - Billy Madison
|