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John Hancock owned slaves? Not sure about that one. I could be wrong, admittedly.

Francis Scott Key owned slaves in his early 20s but then got "woke", 19th century style. Freed his slaves then spent his last 40 years or so as an abolitionist.

Ulysses S. Grant owned one slave (given to him by his father in law upon marriage) for one year, not forcing him to work & teaching him (illegally) to read & write, before granting him freedom. This was after Grant's alcohol-driven resignment from the army & when was financially destitute. He could have used the money from free labor but said, no, this is just wrong.

And, of course, in 1861 Grant remained loyal to his nation & didn't become a traitor.
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Interesting read on Francis Scott Key in a 2016 article in Smithsonian.

Then there is the wiki entry on Key and his personal slave-holding history, but I would have to research more scholarly sources than Wikipedia.

I always want to know the arc of facts over a person’s lifetime, to see if their views and actions became more progressive, enlightened or profoundly changed.
 
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Please explain. Civil Rights are universally supported by both major political parties from what I can see.
Civil Rights include at least peripherally (sarcasm intended), those rights enshrined in the Constitution and Bill of Rights don't they?

Lets see now, I live in a state where first amendment rights have been absolutely shredded over the past few months and the second amendment is ignored. In both cases this is Democrat led and sanctioned.

In both cases, the Republican minority actively tries to regain these rights but gets shouted down.
 
It changed.

The Republican Party used to be the party of civil rights.

It changed.

I would be interested in the history on this switch.

The current presidential candidate for the democrats has a long history that suggests this isn’t true.
 
Civil Rights include at least peripherally (sarcasm intended), those rights enshrined in the Constitution and Bill of Rights don't they?

Lets see now, I live in a state where first amendment rights have been absolutely shredded over the past few months and the second amendment is ignored. In both cases this is Democrat led and sanctioned.

In both cases, the Republican minority actively tries to regain these rights but gets shouted down.
I'd argue that Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (as enshrined in the Constitution, for example) are a little different, although they overlap in some regards. As a Constitutional Conservative, I hear you loud and clear that our Constitutional rights are under attack across America. These include threats to our First and Second Amendment rights. I should have elaborated in my last post, that I wanted @Day-Tripper to provide evidence that the Republican party is not supporting civil rights. Both parties claim to support civil rights -- It's my job as an American citizen to hold my elected representatives accountable. I didn't vote for the majority of those who claim to represent my interests. My Congressional District is probably a lost cause for the time being, I'm sad to say.
 
I always want to know the arc of facts over a person’s lifetime, to see if their views and actions became more progressive, enlightened or profoundly changed.

This. 100 x this./\

History is so much more interesting than the competing narratives.

If transformations interest you, I recommend Robert Cairo’s biography of LBJ. It covers his transformation, from picking up JFK’s mantle to the nitty gritty, back room discussions that resulted in the major civil rights legislation of the 1960’s. In reflecting on the era, I’m reminded of this:

When asked what sort of thing was most likely to blow governments off course, British Prime Minister Harold MacMillan famously replied, “Events, dear boy, events.”
 
LOL I have been DOXXED. The plaque mentioned is in Bethel CT and belongs to them. Nice town but I wouldn't want to usurp their authority, besides it is too hot to travel across the river. We do have a school named after General Rochambeau and he supported Washington so I guess we could burn that down.
 
Thought provoking article about cancel culture and free speech. Quoting from the article:

"Many readers might assume that the First Amendment already protects employees’ freedom of speech. Not so. The First Amendment applies only to the government; it does not reach private employers like Nike or Google. The legal situation here is somewhat analogous to that which made the Civil Rights Act of 1964 necessary. Before 1964, as a constitutional matter, the prohibition on racial discrimination applied only to the public sector. Congress had to enact the Civil Rights Act in order to subject private employers to the same antidiscrimination rule."

 
I am for Erasing the Lost Cause. Correcting Civil War history since it was rewritten by Southern Historians in the 20th Century. That said the stuff going on in America is NUTS. Cancel culture is identical to McCarthyism. Corporations, Media, Sports teams are in control. Insanity rules. We are a nation with laws that need to be enforced or we have chaos.
 
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