GDG- Fighting for your state

Thu Sep 14 22:53:12 CDT 2006

Even then the Constitution does not use the "s" word.  Article 1, Section 9 of the Constitution actually says:

>>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.<<

Article 1, Section 2 (the infamous 3/5 compromise) states:

>>Representatives and direct Taxes shall be apportioned among the several States which may be included within this Union, according to their respective Numbers, 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. <<

The "fugitive slave clause" in Article IV, Section 2, states:

>>No Person held to Service or Labour in one State, under the Laws thereof, escaping into another, shall, in Consequence of any Law or Regulation therein, be discharged from such Service or Labour, but shall be delivered up on Claim of the Party to whom such Service or Labour may be due.<<

The one and only time the word slavery appears in the Constitution is in the 13th Amendment, which abolished the Peculiar Institution.

Regards,

Margaret
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From: "Laurence D. Schiller" <lds307 at northwestern.edu> 

> Esteemed GDG Member Contributes: 
> 
> 
> It is little known (outside of this group of course), that slavery is 
> not actually mentioned in the Constitution except as regards the time 
> when the slave trade might be prohibited. 
> 
> Best, 
> 
> Laurie Schiller 
> 
> 
> >Esteemed GDG Member Contributes: 
> > 
> > 
> >Especially, I assume, when someone claims that slavery was generally 
> >accepted throughout the original states and the Union at the birth 
> >of the Constitution and until decades later when those nasty 
> >abolitionists persuaded the Northern states to breach the agreement. 
> >One of my favorites is Madison saying, during the debates on 
> >Saturday, August 25, 1787, "Mr. MADISON thought it wrong to admit in 
> >the Constitution the idea that there could be property in men." 
> > 
> >Regards, 
> > 
> >Margaret 
> > 
> >-------------- Original message -------------- 
> >From: "Laurence D. Schiller" 
> > 
> >> Esteemed GDG Member Contributes: 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> Yes, and very handy when talking to Southern re-enactors... 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> Laurie 
> >> 
> >> >Esteemed GDG Member Contributes: 
> >> > 
> >> > 
> >> >Addictive, isn't it? 
> >> > 
> >> >Regards, 
> >> > 
> >> >Margaret 
> >> > 
> >> >-------------- Original message -------------- 
> >> >From: "Laurence D. Schiller" 
> >> > 
> >> >> Esteemed GDG Member Contributes: 
> >> >> 
> >> >> 
> >> >> Thanks Margaret - you are the one who got me interested in this stuff. 
> >> >> 
> >> >> Best, 
> >> >> 
> >> >> Laurie Schiller 
> >> >> 
> >> >> >Esteemed GDG Member Contributes: 
> >> >> > 
> >> >> > 
> >> >> >If you haven't already read it, I'd recommend The Bicentennial 
> >> >> >edition of "Notes of Debates in the Federal Convention of 1787 
> >> >> >Reported by James Madison" (Introduction by Adrienne Koch and 
> >> >> >republished as a paperback by W.W. Norton & Company 1987). It's 
> >> >> >fascinating reading. 
> >> >> > 
> >> >> >Regards, 
> >> >> > 
> >> >> >Margaret 
> >> >> > 
> >> >> 
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> >> Maitre d'Armes William Bradshaw, Co. F 2nd WI 
> >> Head Fencing Coach George Hammitt, Co. H 104th Ill 
> >> Department of History 
> >> Northwestern University 
> >> Commissioner, Midwest Fencing Conference 
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> >> Lds307 at northwestern.edu 
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> Dr. Laurence Dana Schiller Civil War First Person Impressions 
> Maitre d'Armes William Bradshaw, Co. F 2nd WI 
> Head Fencing Coach George Hammitt, Co. H 104th Ill 
> Department of History 
> Northwestern University 
> Commissioner, Midwest Fencing Conference 
> Midwest VP, US Fencing Coaches' Association 
> Vice-Chair USFA Illinois Division 
> Lds307 at northwestern.edu 
> 847-491-4654 
> FAX 847-467-1406 
> Official Sports site: http://nusports.ocsn.com/ 
> Student web site: http://groups.northwestern.edu/fencing/ 
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