Southern_Unionist
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- Jun 9, 2016
- Location
- Texas
It is obvious why I ask this question, given the current political climate. I ask we that we leave modern controversy aside, as difficult that might be in our current enviroment. I read something earlier, here, that made me question my interpretation of the second amendment in the Confederate constitution, a simple comma. It piqued my curiosity.
I have reservations starting this topic given current circumstances and polarizing attitudes, but again 19th century interpretations is what I am after. I remember reading of Border Ruffians armed with cannons, civilians I had always assumed. And of course the famous smuggling of Beecher's Bibles, with codes prohibiting the enslaved from carry arms, along with alleged "weapons confiscation by the federal government." I have on occasion, read commentary that suggested the 2nd amendment was used by militias to subvert slave revolts.
What were antebellum, Civil War and Reconstruction era attitudes on an armed populace?
I have reservations starting this topic given current circumstances and polarizing attitudes, but again 19th century interpretations is what I am after. I remember reading of Border Ruffians armed with cannons, civilians I had always assumed. And of course the famous smuggling of Beecher's Bibles, with codes prohibiting the enslaved from carry arms, along with alleged "weapons confiscation by the federal government." I have on occasion, read commentary that suggested the 2nd amendment was used by militias to subvert slave revolts.
What were antebellum, Civil War and Reconstruction era attitudes on an armed populace?
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