The pseudonym "Philo Vaihinger" has been abandoned. All posts have been and are written by me, Joseph Auclair.

Sunday, June 28, 2015

How to understand Frederick Douglass's bitter remarks on the Fourth of July

Frederick Douglass

“What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?”

What is the value of "free institutions" to those upon whose backs they rest?

If Dred Scott was rightly decided (and I am not convinced it was), by the way, FD was not a citizen of the United States and never could be.

John C. Calhoun

His politics combine the republicanism of the Roman Optimates with slavery based on racism.

Consider his views on slavery, civilization, and "free institutions."

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