| Tango01 | 13 Apr 2016 12:15 p.m. PST |
"Alexander Hamilton's biographers praise Hamilton for being an abolitionist, but they have overstated Hamilton's stance on slavery. Historian John C. Miller insisted, "He [Hamilton] advocated one of the most daring invasions of property rights that was ever made– the abolition of Negro slavery.[1] Biographer Forest McDonald maintained, "Hamilton was an abolitionist, and on that subject he never wavered."[2] Hamilton's position on slavery is more complex than his biographers' suggest. Hamilton was not an advocate of slavery, but when the issue of slavery came into conflict with his personal ambitions, his belief in property rights, or his belief of what would promote America's interests, Hamilton chose those goals over opposing slavery. In the instances where Hamilton supported granting freedom to blacks, his primary motive was based more on practical concerns rather than an ideological view of slavery as immoral. Hamilton's decisions show that his desire for the abolition of slavery was not his priority…"
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Armand |
| charared | 13 Apr 2016 3:37 p.m. PST |
surprise. "yawn" Nice find though Armand, Thanks! |
| CFeicht | 14 Apr 2016 6:04 a.m. PST |
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| Rudysnelson | 14 Apr 2016 6:53 a.m. PST |
Who cares. It is just like capital punishment. The founding fathers saw people being hung each day that they went to conference. So they did not consider hanging s cruel and unusual. The same for slavery. This was decades before it became illegal in the USA. Even indentured servants were still allowed in America so why not slavery. So it was a none issue. |
| Tango01 | 14 Apr 2016 10:35 a.m. PST |
Glad you like it my friend!. (smile) Amicalement
Armand |
| Inkpaduta | 14 Apr 2016 11:33 a.m. PST |
And this has what to do with wargaming? |
Gunfreak  | 20 Apr 2016 6:03 a.m. PST |
It wasn't a none issue. If it was, there wouldn't be anything called abolitionist and there was so it was an issue. |
| Brechtel198 | 20 Apr 2016 7:11 p.m. PST |
Well done again, Armand. And if slavery was a non-issue, why was the abolition of it in the draft of the Declaration of Independence? It was removed because Georgia and the Carolinas objected and threatened to veto the independence vote if it wasn't removed-and the vote for independence had to be unanimous or it was a no-go. Anti-slavery societies were already present in the North before the Revolution. And from 1815 to 1860 it was the major issue of contention in the United States-especially for the admission of new states. And it was the cause of the Civil War. |
| Supercilius Maximus | 21 Apr 2016 8:01 a.m. PST |
The deleted passage is here:- link |
| Albino Squirrel | 21 Apr 2016 2:12 p.m. PST |
Alexander Hamilton did a lot for the young United States. Expecting him to have also gotten slavery abolished seems a bit overly-critical. A lot of people weren't that concerned about slavery. |
| 138SquadronRAF | 03 May 2016 10:35 a.m. PST |
Well said Kevin! Thank you for voice of sanity on the "peculiar institution" on this thread. I've often wondered about the role the suppression of the African slave trade had on the War of 1812. The War Hawks did contain politicians from "western states" like Kentucky and Tennessee – looking for a land grab in Canada. But with the Louisiana Purchase and the expansion on the western side of the Mississippi there was pressure for the importation of slaves to work those new lands. New England wanted no part of the War yet Southerners looking to the future of slavery must have been sorely pressed by the banning of importation of fresh slaves and an illegal trade continued. Look at one of the heroes of the Battle of New Orleans Jean Lafitte – romantically referred to as a "pirate" when the more accurate description would be "slaver" – but that doesn't sound anything like as appealing. |
