June 19 is appropriate, since slaves in this country were kept that way, mainly by being denied their RKBA. Ironically, the predominant population in D.C. is black and presumably largely descandants of slaves…where they are still treated that way by officialdom. Hopefully the Supreme Court ruling will restore their freedom.
Ironically it was the 1857 Dred Scot decision of the U.S. Supreme court which kept black people as unarmed non-persons and thus upheld slavery. That was NOT overturned by the Emancipation Proclamation…which only applied to “States in rebellion”, but by the enactment of the 13th and 14th Amendments to the Constitution. Even General U.S. Grant kept his slaves until then.
June 19th, 2008 at 1:51 pm
June 19 is appropriate, since slaves in this country were kept that way, mainly by being denied their RKBA. Ironically, the predominant population in D.C. is black and presumably largely descandants of slaves…where they are still treated that way by officialdom. Hopefully the Supreme Court ruling will restore their freedom.
Ironically it was the 1857 Dred Scot decision of the U.S. Supreme court which kept black people as unarmed non-persons and thus upheld slavery. That was NOT overturned by the Emancipation Proclamation…which only applied to “States in rebellion”, but by the enactment of the 13th and 14th Amendments to the Constitution. Even General U.S. Grant kept his slaves until then.