Mason was a very prominent slave holder, the second largest *slave* owner in Fairfax County after *George* Washington. The Gunston Hall site has a fair amount of sources and information about his views at the time. http://www.gunstonhall.org/georgemason/slavery/views_on_slavery.html
On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 1:28 PM, Judah McAuley <ju...@wiredotter.com> wrote: > > I'd agree with you on Jefferson, I'm not so sure about Mason and Henry. I'd > like to know more, however, as this isn't an area I know a huge amount > about and I think that the research isn't extensive. > > I also don't know if it really changes much from a practical, legal > interpretation perspective but it does help provide a more well rounded > historical picture. > > Cheers, > Judah > > > On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 10:23 AM, LRS Scout <lrssc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > With Jefferson at least, who authored and confirmed the amendment, this > > simply isn't true. > > > > Yes he was a large slave owner, but fought to have it outlawed in his own > > state, and failed. He loved and had children with one of his slaves. > > > > I have no doubt that some people felt they needed guns to stop slave > > revolts, I disagree that it was the PRIMARY reason, or even a large one. > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:360350 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
