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In reply to the discussion: 'Slaves loved their masters': GOP women's club president defends lawmaker's pro-slavery comments [View all]raging moderate
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And traces of it can be found in our country even today. This reminds me of something I heard on Public Radio many years ago. The territory of Vermont did not join the Union in 1776; Vermont became the 14th state in 1791. Before joining the Union, Vermonters elected a delegation to go into the newly formed United States to investigate whether that was a good idea. I hope I am remembering this right. This guy on the radio said that a majority of the delegation voted for statehood, but that a significant minority on that Vermont delegation voted against joining the United States because of the dreadful compromise which had allowed slavery in the new country. The radio guy said that these people had accurately predicted three bad effects of slavery: a privileged aristocracy will reduce social equality for everybody else, there will be a huge and bloody civil war, and little children around the world will be taught to curse the United States.