In the flurry of patriotic self-reflection on our nation’s 250th anniversary, one thing in particular caught Bill’s attention: The irreplaceable Glenn Beck’s passionate history of Thomas Jefferson’s first draft of the Declaration of Independence. Glenn’s story knocked Bill’s socks off so hard it thought it needed to be told as far and as widely as possible… and so here it is.
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When Washington died, the Virginia legislature approved his wish to free the slaves he had on Mount Vernon. Jefferson tried to do the same thing, but the legislature would not let him do that. So Jefferson allowed them to grow their own gardens and sell the produce in local markets. It was his way of preparing his slaves for the freedom they would gain after the Civil War. That was documented in a biography of Jefferson that I read many moons ago. Apparently, in my last move, that book disappeared from my library. Either that or one of my sons… Read more »
It was Glenn Beck who introduced Toto the bane George Soros
Asking the South to immediately give up slavery would be tantamount to asking the current United States to give up fossil fuels. It would destroy the economy and the country.
So many people don’t get the economic effect of slaves. It is one reason that slave owners that considered slavery wrong still kept their slaves. If they freed their slaves and others didn’t, the competition would in effect drive those who freed their slaves into bankruptcy.
When you squarely dismissed State’s Rights as a reason for the South’s succession, and you were right that slavery was a pre-eminent cause, you should see Matt Walsh’s “Real History” episode on the Civil War. I had no idea that New England had threatened to leave the Union 5 times before the South went the whole way. And there were many, many Northern slaves. And the Colonies imported only a very, very small percentage of the Slaves that crossed the Atlantic. And New England’s fleets profited the most on passage. And white “indentured servants” were very numerous throughout the Colonies.… Read more »
Matt Walsh’s “Real History” series is great. I highly recommend it for anyone who would like accurate details and a clearer perspective on historical events in this country.
The steel marbles remind me of Humphrey Bogart in The Caine Mutiny. Terrific movie.
We watch “1776” every year.
Some years, I wonder if the Declaration will be adopted. Fortunately, it is every time.