Patrick Byrne

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Patrick Byrne @PatrickByrne

Yes, many framers saw the hypocrisy. Not just Northerners: clearly Jefferson and Washington both understood this hypocrisy. These are not "euphemisms": the Framers did not want the word "slavery" to appear because they did not want it to be institutionalized. — PolitiTweet.org

Some framers of the US Constitution saw hypocrisy in founding a country on the principle of freedom while enslaving… https://t.co/h0BGaiosfl

Posted March 12, 2023

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Patrick Byrne @PatrickByrne

He is correct. This is the first I have noticed Dr. Ibram recognizing the truth about the US Constitution: it was not a document of slavery but of liberation, albeit one in which compromises between forces of liberty and slavery had be made to get adoption. — PolitiTweet.org

Let's be clear: Both constitutions were written with a bended knee to enslavers. But while enslavers in 1787 had to… https://t.co/kXV7eZfegS

Posted March 12, 2023

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Yes. that's bad. That's why the US Constitution, imperfect as it was on the subject, was a step forward, and the Confederate Constitution a step backward. — PolitiTweet.org

By contrast, Confederates used "slave" 10 times in their constitution. They used “negro slavery” and “negro slaves”… https://t.co/g475mSPkxL

Posted March 12, 2023