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To: Robert O who wrote (65839)	9/13/2002 12:59:28 AM
From: Cary Salsberg	Respond to of 70976

RE: "...so I appreciate your backing off from this proposition." I will back off to "both supported white supremacy organizations...Lott participated in meetings...Ashcroft contributed to (and endorsed) a journal".

To: Robert O who wrote (65839)	9/13/2002 9:34:27 AM
From: Alastair McIntosh	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 70976

OT re: slavery Founding Fathers obviously condoned slavery Condoned may be too weak a word. The original Constitution actually enshrined slavery. Article I, Section 9 forbade Congress to forbid the slave trade. Article IV, Section 2 required citizens of the "free" states to return any runaway slave to "the Party to whom such Service or Labour may be due," even if slavery itself was unlawful within the state to which the runaway had managed to escape. Also, Article I, Section 2 counted only "three fifths of all other Persons" (slaves) in determining a state's allotment of seats in the House of Representatives.