SI
SI
discoversearch

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor.  We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community.  If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.
Politics : The Environmentalist Thread
 Public ReplyPrvt ReplyMark as Last ReadFilePrevious 10Next 10PreviousNext  
To: Land Shark who wrote (34365)6/30/2011 4:11:24 PM
From: Jorj X Mckie1 Recommendation  Read Replies (1) of 36917
 
actually, I'm not a big fan of Bachmann's. And I believe that there is a pretty strong effort to paint Jefferson as an abolitionist, when he really seemed to be ambivalent. Washington was a slave owner, but he did become an abolitionist. Ben Franklin had slaves but then became a staunch abolitionist.

And as has been pointed out, 8 of the 13 original colonies banned slavery. It was the founding fathers who resided in those states who did that.

so again, though some founding fathers were ambivalent at best about slavery, many others fought to abolish it. And as a forebearer (as opposed to a founding father), John Quincy Adams certainly did fight tirelessly to end slavery.

With this statement right here:
"The idea that the founding fathers did anything to eliminate slavery is absurd."

You have made the same mistake that Bachmann did. She generalized and you have generalized. By the same standards that you are claiming that Bachmann's statement is false, your's is also false.
Report TOU ViolationShare This Post
 Public ReplyPrvt ReplyMark as Last ReadFilePrevious 10Next 10PreviousNext  

HomeMailHotSubjectMarksPeopleMarksKeepersSettings
Terms Of UseContact UsCopyright/IP PolicyPrivacy PolicyAbout UsFAQAdvertise on SI
© 2025 Knight Sac Media.  Data provided by Twelve Data, Alpha Vantage, and CityFALCON News