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2. The prominent historian Edmund Morgan argues this very point

Wed Jan 16, 2013, 04:29 AM

Jan 2013

In Slavery and Freedom.

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Second Amendment was ratified to preserve Slavery - Tom Hartmann [View all] NickP Jan 2013 OP

Makes so much sense. tblue Jan 2013 #1

It's application certainly has become so BainsBane Jan 2013 #3

The prominent historian Edmund Morgan argues this very point BainsBane Jan 2013 #2

It may have been useful to the slaveholding states for that purpose AtheistCrusader Jan 2013 #6

How would you know that? BainsBane Jan 2013 #7

There were many reasons for the 2nd Amendment Art_from_Ark Jan 2013 #4

There were militias in every state, including the non-slave-owning states. AtheistCrusader Jan 2013 #5

I'm sorry but this is not breaking news OKNancy Jan 2013 #8