James Madison on Slavery

[Galileo]

James Madison on Slavery

"Few slaves in Virginia, perhaps only 100, served in the military on the Revolutionary side, most as substitutes for their masters. In 1780, while a Virginia delegate in the Continental Congress, Jefferson's close friend James Madison learned of a Virginia bill to offer slaves to whites as an inducement to join the Continental Army. "Would it not be as well to liberate and make soldiers at once of the blacks themselves as to make them instruments for enlisting white Soldiers?" Madison asked, adding: "It would certainly be more consonant to the principles of liberty which ought never be lost sight of in a contest for liberty."

Alas, Madison's proposal was rejected."

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703808904575025410176289240.html?m od=WSJ_Opinion_MIDDLESecondBucket

[Galileo]

Madison also avoids the left-wing blow of the Huffinton Post:

Our Founding Fathers
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/staar/our-founding-emfathersem_b_442571.html

No, Madison didn't bang any slave girls or cheat on his wife.

[ChumpDumper]

That we know of.

We do know that he never freed even one of his slaves.

[Galileo]

That we know of.

We do know that he never freed even one of his slaves.

He tried to, but it was voted down by the continental congress.

[ChumpDumper]

He tried to, but it was voted down by the continental congress.He didn't need an act of congress to free his own slaves.

James Madison never freed any of his slaves.

[Galileo]

He didn't need an act of congress to free his own slaves.

James Madison never freed any of his slaves.

He didn't own any slaves in 1780.

[xrayzebra]

That we know of.

We do know that he never freed even one of his slaves.

Why do you hate James Madison?

And love Marianne, the slave girl.

[Galileo]

Why do you hate James Madison?



The Dumper is an enemy of liberty, that's why.

[ChumpDumper]

He didn't own any slaves in 1780.He owned around 100 slaves.

And never freed any of them.


Why do you hate James Madison?

And love Marianne, the slave girl.1) WTF are you talking about?

2) I don't hate him. He simply never freed any of his close to 100 slaves.


The Dumper is an enemy of liberty, that's why.I'm not the one who owned close to 100 slaves and never freed any of them.

That was Madison.

[Galileo]

He owned around 100 slaves.

And never freed any of them.

1) WTF are you talking about?

2) I don't hate him. He simply never freed any of his close to 100 slaves.

I'm not the one who owned close to 100 slaves and never freed any of them.

That was Madison.

Why do you hate America?

:lmao

[ChumpDumper]

Why do you hate America?

:lmaoI don't hate America.

James Madison never freed any of his slaves.

Your being butthurt about it doesn't change that fact.

[Galileo]

I don't hate America.

James Madison never freed any of his slaves.

Your being butthurt about it doesn't change that fact.

You never freed any slaves either. Do you think you are the equal of James Madison?

PS - Madison did free a few of his slaves.

[ChumpDumper]

You never freed any slaves either. Do you think you are the equal of James Madison?I never owned any other human beings -- not literally, anyway.

Madison owned about 100.


PS - Madison did free a few of his slaves.Incorrect.

[xrayzebra]

Chump is a slave to the Liberals and hates James Madison and all the other founders
of our nation. He supports Obama and thinks our Constitution is flawed.

[PixelPusher]

Chump is a slave to the Liberals and hates James Madison and all the other founders
of our nation. He supports Obama and thinks our Constitution is flawed.

Go easy on ChumperDumper - he's under the mistaken belief that the Founding Fathers were flesh and blood human beings instead of the flawless Demi-gods sent forth from Libertopia.

[ChumpDumper]

Chump is a slave to the Liberals and hates James Madison and all the other founders
of our nation.Nah, I'm just honest about them.


He supports Obama and thinks our Constitution is flawed.If our Constitution was perfect, it never would have been amended.

That was a horrible argument.