African American
Related: About this forum3-2-16 Thomas Jefferson signs Law Outlawing Slave Trade in 2:00
http://laborhistoryin2.podbean.com/e/march-2-2016-thomas-jefferson-signs-law-outlawing-slave-trade/
March 2, 2016
On this day in Labor History the year was 1807. That was the day that President Thomas Jefferson signed legislation outlawing the trans-Atlantic slave trade from bringing enslaved Africans to the United States. At the drafting of the U.S. Constitution, the authors had decided to revisit the question of slavery after two decades.
2:00 minute audio at link.
bravenak
(34,648 posts)stolen. Kinda. Well. Not really, since colonial forces pretty much enslaves the native africans. Leopold. Mines. Oh! Let me stop thinking about this.
scscholar
(2,902 posts)It hurts your message, assuming that isn't what you're trying to do.
Response to scscholar (Reply #2)
Omaha Steve This message was self-deleted by its author.
Omaha Steve
(99,566 posts)First it was don't post Bernie on black issues here anymore.
I posted this in 4 groups. I usually do the labor in 2:00 in three groups. When it includes black history I include this group. I've gotten way more compliments than complaints.
Sure Thomas Jefferson was an asshat. But it seems to me this accomplished something. If if didn't, just stick me on ignore.
OS
Digital Puppy
(496 posts)Not sure what place your knee-jerk reaction is coming from. scscolar asked a good question...one that I had in my mind. I think Bravenak response wasn't one directed to you personally...I could be wrong though.
I thought it was a good topic and conversation starter...
Omaha Steve
(99,566 posts)Bravenak and I are fine. I just finishing an answer over in GD.
JI7
(89,244 posts)Omaha Steve
(99,566 posts)bravenak
(34,648 posts)brush
(53,759 posts)Did he stop screwing his enslaved mistress Sally Hennings, with whom he had several childred afterwards?
And another thing, he never freed his enslaved people before he died.