"Interpreted as it ought to be interpreted, the Constitution is a GLORIOUS LIBERTY DOCUMENT"
Frederick Douglass, 4th of July Oration, 1852
Escaped from slavery, a tireless and eloquent American advocate for abolition and equality
"I wish, if this Union must be dissolved, that its ruins may be the monument to my grave, and the graves of my family. I wish no epitaph to be written to tell that I survived the ruin of this glorious Union."
Sam Houston, during the Senate debate over what is now known as the Compromise of 1850
Citizen
of the United States, Cherokee Nation, and the Republic of Texas;
Congressman from Tennessee; Senator from Texas; Governor of both States;
1st President of the Republic of Texas; Houston resigned as Texas
governor in 1861 rather than take the Oath of Loyalty to the
Confederacy. For more on this brilliant and complex man read my post from 2016 to understand how trying to place Houston, and many other figures of his time, into today's political categories results in a flawed understanding of our history.
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