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“The great end for which men entered in society was to secure their property. That right is preserved sacred and incommunicable in all instances…
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Alexandria, Virginia, is well known as George Washington’s hometown, but its role during the American Revolution is not widely understood. Like the rest of…
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The first article of this series discussed the increasing chorus of American Patriots in New England raising their voices against the African slave trade….
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Author’s Note: Selections from all resolutions and working drafts are italicized. Most of what we know about the framers’ discussions comes from James Madison’s…
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George Mason: The Founding Father Who Gave Us the Bill of Rights by William Hyland, Jr. (Regnery, 2019) Most people have never heard of George…
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Through four months in the summer of 1787, passionate arguments over political principles filled the Pennsylvania State House while hard-nosed political horse-trading buzzed in…
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In the spring of 1776, the Continental Congress recommended that each colony create a new government “under the authority of the people” [for] “the…