Slaves were not considered to be anything but chattle and, so, the Constitution at that time did not apply to them.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Phoeun Pha" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2002 2:24 PM Subject: RE: How free are we? > It makes me wonder how they tackled the slave issue. I wonder if someone > brought up "how about them slaves, are they equal to"? And someone jumps > and says "We need slaves to keep our economy alive. If you make them as > equals, we won't ratify!" > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists&body=lists/cf_community This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting.
