"No slaves shall keep any arms whatever, nor pass, unless with written orders from his master or employer, or in his company, with arms from one place to another."
Thomas Jefferson - A bill concerning slaves - 1779
One of the greatest moral shortcomings of our Founding Fathers was that they saw blacks as property. Even so, they understood a truth inherent in slavery. That is, in order to enslave men you had to disarm them.
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