The former slave Frederick Douglass knew that is was - because of our Declaration's Posted: Jul 11th, 2019 - 12:59 pm In Reply to: Because the Democrats are making it an issue with Mitch - McConnell's ancestors. Obama's
appeal to the natural right of equality that he could effectively make his case against slavery. The Constitution was designed to enact a republican system of government that would protect one’s natural rights as a human being, regardless of race.
Ultimately, it was the U.S. Constitution, then, that demanded and ultimately achieved racial equality in America.
Douglass’s early anger was justified, but he came to understand that the principles that are enshrined in the Declaration and protected by the institutions of the Constitution were not the real problem, contra O’Rourke. The people responsible for carrying out those principles, who failed to uphold and fully apply them, were to blame.
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