American Slavery: Deviation Not Foundation

Today, many people claim that the United States was “founded on slavery.” America’s history contradicts that claim. American slavery certainly existed leading up to the founding period. It existed in much of the country in the early American Republic. It is simply

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Joseph Warren’s Letter: April 26, 1775

We previously wrote about the Battle of Lexington and Concord. Today, we present, a message from Massachusetts to the people of Great Britain a week after the battle – Joseph Warren’s Letter of April 26, 1775. Hostilities had certainly begun, and the

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A Compound Republic: Federalist no. 51

In a previous article, we encountered Madison’s thoughts on how to control faction within a community. We touched on the idea of letting groups flourish to counteract each other. Finally, we touched on how the structure of a federal republic might control

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