• bunchberry@lemmy.world
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    8 hours ago

    the founding fathers would probably have a heart attack seeing that women and black people have some rights

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      50 minutes ago

      Some would. But many were progressive even then. They recognized the dangers of slavery, but felt that the southern states joining war against the north was unwinnable. So they pushed the problem off for another generation to handle.