Joe, a valid thought but there is room for nuance. Northern/anti-slave states wished to dilute the political power of slave states and reduce the number of Congressmen from those states (based upon census). The slave states would probably have been happy to have slaves counted as whole persons in the census. Ironically, it could be that …
Joe, a valid thought but there is room for nuance. Northern/anti-slave states wished to dilute the political power of slave states and reduce the number of Congressmen from those states (based upon census). The slave states would probably have been happy to have slaves counted as whole persons in the census. Ironically, it could be that the anti-slave people who would benefit from that compromise. Was that truly a matter of a less than human idea, or one of political power?
With regard to the native people who were being displaced, what was the ratio of "less human savages" to "soothing conscience" thought? I suspect that many trash ideas are about soothing a guilty conscience.
The book, "Empire of the Summer Moon" is an interesting look at the cultures and behaviors of various tribes, and the political tribes of "Americans" (yeah, I know) and Mexicans.
Joe, a valid thought but there is room for nuance. Northern/anti-slave states wished to dilute the political power of slave states and reduce the number of Congressmen from those states (based upon census). The slave states would probably have been happy to have slaves counted as whole persons in the census. Ironically, it could be that the anti-slave people who would benefit from that compromise. Was that truly a matter of a less than human idea, or one of political power?
With regard to the native people who were being displaced, what was the ratio of "less human savages" to "soothing conscience" thought? I suspect that many trash ideas are about soothing a guilty conscience.
The book, "Empire of the Summer Moon" is an interesting look at the cultures and behaviors of various tribes, and the political tribes of "Americans" (yeah, I know) and Mexicans.