Tag: Civil War
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The Electoral College – A Power Move by the Slave-Owning Elite Class
As we all should know by now, Madison and the founding fathers were not fans of democracy. Please read James Madison’s Ideas on Protecting the Opulent Minority Against the Tyranny of the Majority Let us now briefly discuss the Electoral College and its relationship to slavery. On Thursday July 19, 1787, at the Philadelphia Constitutional convention, the…
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Slave Masters: A Quick Note on the First Aristocracy of the U.S.
Hi, Sharing a quick historical example of how a small group of persons can easily control the actions and fate of millions. This example is historically and academically interesting to me. In the first half of the 19th century, the largest single industry in the United States, measured in terms of both market capital and…
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The Case for Reparations
The Case for Reparations by Ta-Nehisi Coates – The Atlantic: Two hundred fifty years of slavery. Ninety years of Jim Crow. Sixty years of separate but equal. Thirty-five years of racist housing policy. Until we reckon with our compounding moral debts, America will never be whole. Clyde Ross was born in 1923, the seventh of…
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The U.S. Civil War and the 2012 Presidential Election: A Relation?
Hi, I recently noticed a very interesting relationship between the 2012 U.S. presidential election results and the U.S. Civil War North/South divide. Things that make you go hmmm! U.S. Map showing the results of the 2012 U.S. presidential election. Red states are Republican wins and Blue states are Democrat wins. U.S. Map showing free (blue)…