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by eru
462 days ago
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> And we should celebrate it for the civilisational advance that it is, [...] Well, as far as I can tell, it's only in your constitution sort-of by accident. They didn't put this 'advance' in original, it was just the simplest and most face saving way to free the slaves without directly mentioning slaves in the text. (Compare the 3/5 compromise for 'other persons', which also avoids mentioning slaves by that term.) |
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