tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8262783067993808760.post2842753932666201506..comments2023-09-29T06:18:27.221-07:00Comments on Cosmic America: Ulysses S. Grant's SlaveM. Keith Harrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02444898713867430753noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8262783067993808760.post-2742448695414209742011-01-29T02:09:26.000-08:002011-01-29T02:09:26.000-08:00[...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Keith ...[...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Keith Harris and Keith Harris, cjceglio. cjceglio said: Taking bad history to task RT @MKeithHarris: Ulysses S. Grant’s Slave http://bit.ly/faal6V [...]Tweets that mention Ulysses S. Grant’s Slave | Cosmic America -- Topsy.comhttp://topsy.com/trackback?url=http%3A%2F%2Fcosmicamerica.com%2F%3Fp%3D463&utm_source=pingback&utm_campaign=L2noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8262783067993808760.post-38489251750968300372011-01-29T02:37:42.000-08:002011-01-29T02:37:42.000-08:00Amazing how these neo-Rebs ignore the actual decla...Amazing how these neo-Rebs ignore the actual declarations of secession, which state in black and white that they are seceding to preserve slavery from the abolitionist forces in the North, and anger over Northern states not abiding by the fugitive slave laws.<br><br>Here's an excerpt South Carolina's declaration as an example:<br><br>The right of property in slaves was recognized by giving to free persons distinct political rights, by giving them the right to represent, and burthening them with direct taxes for three-fifths of their slaves; by authorizing the importation of slaves for twenty years; and by stipulating for the rendition of fugitives from labor.<br><br>We affirm that these ends for which this Government was instituted have been defeated, and the Government itself has been made destructive of them by the action of the non-slaveholding States. Those States have assume the right of deciding upon the propriety of our domestic institutions; and have denied the rights of property established in fifteen of the States and recognized by the Constitution; they have denounced as sinful the institution of slavery; they have permitted open establishment among them of societies, whose avowed object is to disturb the peace and to eloign the property of the citizens of other States. They have encouraged and assisted thousands of our slaves to leave their homes; and those who remain, have been incited by emissaries, books and pictures to servile insurrection.<br><br>For twenty-five years this agitation has been steadily increasing, until it has now secured to its aid the power of the common Government. Observing the forms of the Constitution, a sectional party has found within that Article establishing the Executive Department, the means of subverting the Constitution itself. A geographical line has been drawn across the Union, and all the States north of that line have united in the election of a man to the high office of President of the United States, whose opinions and purposes are hostile to slavery. He is to be entrusted with the administration of the common Government, because he has declared that that "Government cannot endure permanently half slave, half free," and that the public mind must rest in the belief that slavery is in the course of ultimate extinction.<br><br>This sectional combination for the submersion of the Constitution, has been aided in some of the States by elevating to citizenship, persons who, by the supreme law of the land, are incapable of becoming citizens; and their votes have been used to inaugurate a new policy, hostile to the South, and destructive of its beliefs and safety. <br>Freelance Historiannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8262783067993808760.post-21666980157774330872011-01-30T01:24:13.000-08:002011-01-30T01:24:13.000-08:00Thanks for this. Don't know how often I've...Thanks for this. Don't know how often I've seen the argument online, "but Grant owned slaves!" (plural), as if that microfactoid (even if it were true) proved anything about larger issues in the war.Andy Hallhttp://deadconfederates.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8262783067993808760.post-45621438876970430452011-01-31T03:54:50.000-08:002011-01-31T03:54:50.000-08:00Just want to point out that although we don't ...Just want to point out that although we don't know exactly when Grant acquired Jones from his father-in-law, it was most likely sometime between 1855 and 1858 during the years he was out of the Army and farming at White Haven. The only evidence we have of William Jones is the manumission paper Grant himself wrote and signed in March 1859. For more on slavery at White Haven you can see here:<br>http://www.nps.gov/ulsg/historyculture/slaveryatwh.htmBob Pollockhttp://www.yandtblog.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8262783067993808760.post-10724537799005198272011-01-31T04:21:38.000-08:002011-01-31T04:21:38.000-08:00Also, this was written by the our site historian h...Also, this was written by the our site historian here at Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site:<br><br>http://www.freedomsgateway.com/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=Fl3td8E_WBQ%3d&tabid=79Bob Pollockhttp://www.yandtblog.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8262783067993808760.post-1217548996075147102011-01-31T07:29:52.000-08:002011-01-31T07:29:52.000-08:00Thanks for pointing that out, Bob - just an oversi...Thanks for pointing that out, Bob - just an oversight or maybe just a typo on my part.Keithnoreply@blogger.com