Confederate "Heritage" Month 2023, April 19: The 2nd Amendment and slavery

I’ve cited a number of historians in this year’s Confederate “heritage” series who took issue with the idea promoted by The 1619 Project preserving slavery was a major goal of the American Revolution.

The argument is based heavily on imaginative interpretations of two events: the Somerset decision in the British courts in 17721 and the Dunsmore Proclamation of 17752, which are taken to be evidence of a rising antislavery tilt of the British government that presented an immediate threat to slavery in the North American colonies.

The notion that the American Revolution was a counter-revolution against British emancipation isn’t tenable. But keeping the institution of slavery secure definitely was a priority for many supporters of the Revolution. And that was a central concern behind the Second Amendment, which has become a favorite idol of Christian nationalists in the US today.I’ve cited a number of historians in this year’s Confederate “heritage” series who took issue with the idea promoted by The 1619 Project preserving slavery was a major goal of the American Revolution.

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