On 5/21/08, David Opderbeck <dopderbeck@gmail.com> wrote:
> Lincoln and the civil war were almost a hundred years after the Constitution
> was ratified. The founders didn't address slavery for the most part because
> they didn't consider blacks fully human.
My reading of the early history on the US indicates it was a lot more
complex than that.
One of the more interesting books is NEGRO PRESIDENT. A review is on my website.
Burgy
www.burgy.50megs.com
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