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LiLSpeedy — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 17:18:31 GMT

I totally agree. Whomever the shoe fits.

Comment #1

JAP69 — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 16:04:34 GMT

___________________________________<br />Yes we could do that. Shall history be brought up about slavery concerning black and mulatto slave owners? <br

Original Blog Entry: What was the major dilemma faced by our founding fathers?

LiLSpeedy — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 14:58:01 GMT

Richard B. Morris in 1973 identified the following seven figures as the key Founding Fathers: John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and George Washington.

In order to understand history, one must study all of it the good, the bad, and the ugly part of it. Although many of the Founding Fathers acknowledged that slavery violated the core American Revolutionary ideal of liberty, their simultaneous commitment to private property rights, principles of limited government, and intersectional harmony prevented them from making a bold move against slavery. The considerable investment of Southern Founders in slave-based staple agriculture, combined with their deep-seated racial prejudice, posed additional obstacles to emancipation.

Slaveholders among prominent Founding Fathers

slaveholders

non-slaveholders

Founding Father

state

Founding Father

state

Charles Carroll

Maryland

John Adams

Massachusetts

Samuel Chase

Maryland

Samuel Adams

Massachusetts

Benjamin Franklin

Pennsylvania

Oliver Ellsworth

Connecticut

Button Gwinnett

Georgia

Alexander Hamilton

New York

John Han snip

Massachusetts

Robert Treat Paine

Massachusetts

Patrick Henry

Virginia

Thomas Paine

Pennsylvania

John Jay

New York

Roger Sherman

Connecticut

Thomas Jefferson

Virginia

Richard Henry Lee

Virginia

James Madison

Virginia

Charles Cotesworth Pinckney

South Carolina

Benjamin Rush

Pennsylvania

Edward Rutledge

South Carolina

George Washington

Virginia

As with some of our founding fathers, some of us are the problem rather than the solution. While slavery is no longer a problem in the United States, we are still dealing with some of the remnants of slavery. Racial discrimination, prejudice, racial strife, and social injustices are but a few of the remnants of slavery that we as a nation must eradicate if we are to prosper and be blessed as a nation.

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