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Originally Posted by HuskyMan
"We have the wolf by the ears; and we can neither hold him, nor safely let him go. Justice is in the one scale, and self-preservation in the other."
- Thomas Jefferson
Many people are unsure of exactly what Jefferson meant by this. With minimal study, one finds that one of Jefferson's chief fears was the fear that slaves, not being educated, most likely would turn to a life of crime to support themselves if they were set free. As to the answer, one President Abraham Lincoln had the right answer to this problem.......I'm no Lincoln fan but on these issues the man was RIGHT and had he lived this country would be a far different place than it is today!
It's a long read but well worth it if one wishes to fully understand the problems facing early Americans.......
The 'Great Emancipator' and the Issue of Race
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Glad to see some in-depth discussion that goes beyond the grade-school, "Lincoln freed the slaves."