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[Margaret D. Blough]

James Madison, a slaveowner, expressed the same fear during the Constitutional Convention of 1787.

Regards,

Margaret
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> In a message dated 4/23/2008 11:23:17 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
> lds307 at northwestern.edu writes:
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> At the  same  
> time, John Adams understood that to successfully create the  nation,  
> slavery would have to be left to the children or  grandchildren of the  
> revolutionary generation to solve, as indeed it  was. I have felt for  
> many years that John Adams deserves a monument  every bit as big as  
> the Jefferson memorial for the critical part he  played in getting the  
> Continental congress to declare independence.  But he also understood  
> that if the slavery issue were pushed, SC and  GA wouldn't join and  
> might take others with them. Talk about your  ticking time bombs...
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> John Adams wrote something to the effect that he feared that slavery  
> eventually would tear the country apart.
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> Bruce  Trinque
> Amston, CT
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