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An Open Letter to the Republican Party

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eon5/05/2009 3:18:53 pm PDT

re: #86 pjaicomo

Wrong. Owning a slave was not a constitutional right.

If it were, Lincoln couldn’t have executed the Emancipation Proclamation.

See Article I, Section 2, and Article IV, Section 2. Both rendered moot by the 13th Amendment.

cheers

eon