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In reply to the discussion: The Second Amendment was Ratified to Preserve Slavery:Southern Slave patrols [View all]RobertEarl
(13,685 posts)24. Only to protect slavery? No one is saying that
What is said is that the 2nd was revised so that slave owners could not be stopped from mistreating slaves. Had the original version stood, the congress could have halted such uses of militias.
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While we are on the subject ya'll... it is my opinion that slavery kept all wages for the working man depressed. If somebody could coerce a slave to work for nothing, there was no economic incentive to pay anyone else to do the work. The working man at that time had suppressed wages because of slavery. Especially southerners.
Coming full circle to today, the meager wages paid to Chinese, et. al. suppress the wages of the American working person.
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The Second Amendment was Ratified to Preserve Slavery:Southern Slave patrols [View all]
Ichingcarpenter
Jan 2013
OP
And the First Amendment guaranteed pro-slavery screeds could be published, so... nt
Romulox
Jan 2013
#4
Our country was FOUNDED on a violent revolution. So yes, the First Amendment is included
Romulox
Jan 2013
#9