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5. Slavery...VP of Confederacy said it himself

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Alexander Stephens: Confederate VP from Georgia

On March 21, 1861, Stephens gave his famous Cornerstone Speech in Savannah, Georgia. In it he declared that slavery was the natural condition of blacks and the foundation of the Confederacy. He declared, "Our new Government is founded upon exactly the opposite ideas; its foundations are laid, its cornerstone rests, upon the great truth that the negro is not equal to the white man; that slavery, subordination to the superior race, is his natural and normal condition."

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_H._Stephens

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10 replies	Author	Time	Post
Civil War Sesquicentennial [View all]	melonkali	Dec 2011	OP
Slavery.	Staph	Dec 2011	#1
Both?	Adsos Letter	Dec 2011	#2
Different concept altogether	zipplewrath	Dec 2011	#3
"States Rights" and Slavery are the same thing.	Odin2005	Dec 2011	#4
Slavery...VP of Confederacy said it himself	Indianademocrat91	Dec 2011	#5
Slavery, Without A Doubt.	Paladin	Dec 2011	#6
Slavery and, specifically, whether escaped slaves should be returned to their masters.	JDPriestly	Dec 2011	#7
Slavery. n/t	ellisonz	Dec 2011	#8
States rights to keep all their slaves. nt	bemildred	Dec 2011	#9
Slavery-but what are the re-enactors really doing?	starspunch78	Dec 2011	#10

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