Rich
thanks.
Washington actually freed the slaves he directly owned when he died (some of the slaves he controlled where not owned by him); Jefferson was too badly in debt to do that.
They didn't really have a good answer for the slave problem because they were so economically dependent on them. They were living on debt (which sounds familiar). If they defaulted on the debt then the slaves were property to be sold to help settle the debt. Someone like Washington who was near the top of the economic social scale attempted to maintain a certain lifestyle such as clothing and even coaches from England by borrowing (also sounds familiar). No one wanted to stop spending because then they could be perceived as going broke. One thing the protests beginning in the 1770s did was they were all able to band together and boycott English luxury goods so no one appeared to be going broke.
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And I closed my left eye.....
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I missed the one with the quote from the gettysburg Address.
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As i was doing it i thought, this isn't fair, i grew up in england and never studied economics or US history or constitution. Then...
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I recently read Andro Linklater's Fabric of America.
Unlike his previous book Measuring America, Fabric is only peripherally about surveying, despite his attempt to emphasize the importance of boundaries on the development of the country. It closely follows the life of Andrew Ellicott, who was responsible for many important lines.
But most of what I got from it was a much more detailed look than I'd had in a while at the regional and international politics, conflicts of interest, and even treachery (Gen. Wilkinson) that went on between the Revolution and the Civil War.
It is amazing how so many respected figures got away with making huge private profits on their official actions in office.
It also shows the dilemma of moral vs economic interests over slavery.
31 out of 33.
JP
What the ........College Educators score average of 55% I never studied much in college and had no problems scoring in the 90's. Maybe if I took college seriously I could have got in the 50's.
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Pablo