What I said was that the freedoms guaranteed to us in the Constitution specifically did not apply to slaves at the time.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Nick McClure" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2002 2:43 PM Subject: RE: How free are we? > Sure it did, the Constitution has two places where it referred to slaves > directly. > > "...which shall be determined by adding to the whole Number of free > Persons, including those bound to Service for a Term of Years, and > excluding Indians not taxed, three fifths of all other Persons" > > This was later removed by Amendment. > > Also: > "The Migration or Importation of such Persons as any of the States now > existing shall think proper to admit, shall not be prohibited by the > Congress prior to the Year one thousand eight hundred and eight, but a > Tax or duty may be imposed on such Importation, not exceeding ten > dollars for each Person." > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Howie Hamlin [mailto:howie@;coolfusion.com] > > Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2002 2:30 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Re: How free are we? > > > > Slaves were not considered to be anything but chattle and, so, the > > Constitution at that time did not apply to them. > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists&body=lists/cf_community Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm
