...conditions in the slave society around him. At the Constitutional Convention, he remarked that he had seen "the mere distinction of color made in the most...oppressive dominion ever exercised by man over man" (speech of June 6, Records of the Federal Convention, 1:135). 25. Document 16. The first set of italics...

...evil." Madison told the Constitutional Convention that "we have seen the mere distinction of colour made in the most enlightened period of time, a ground...oppressive dominion ever exercised by man over man." Both men called for gradual emancipation, and the colonization of blacks to another country. Colonization...

...repartition of the legislative into different houses. Slavery We have seen the mere distinction of colour made in the most enlightened period of time, a ground...oppressive dominion ever exercised by man over man. Speech at the Constitutional Convention, 6 June 1787 PJM 10:33 In proportion as slavery prevails in...

...slavery, but he did condemn it in passing. For example, in the great speech of June 6 he observed, "We have seen the mere distinction of color made in the most enlightened period of time the most oppressive dominion ever exercised by man over man" (RFC 1:135). Also, on August 25, he was...

...June 6, 1787, Madison referred to it in the following terms: "the mere distinction of colour made ... a ground of the most oppressive dominion ever exercised by man over man." See Max Farrand, ed., The Records of the Federal Convention of 1787 (New Haven: Yale University Press,...

...admitted, could have pursued that interest at our expenee. We have seen the mere distinction of colour made in the most enlightened period of time, a ground...oppressive dominion ever exercised by man over man. What has been the source of those unjust laws complained of among ourselves? Has it not been the real...

...described racism as one of the worst forms of faction: "We have seen the mere distinction of colour made in the most enlightened period of time, a ground...of the most oppressive dominion ever exercised by nun over man." James Madison. Speech Before the Constitutional Convention (June 6, 1787), in 1 RECORDS...

.... . thought fit to give them liberty, the gift was not only valid, but irrevocable." James Madison: "We have seen the mere distinction of color made in...most oppressive dominion ever exercised by man over man."10 How Americans Came to See That Slavery Is Wrong We have shown that the leading Founders said...

...could be solved later. A slave auction in progress. "We have," said James Madison at the Convention, "seen the mere distinction of color made, in the most...oppressive dominion ever exercised by man over man." Here is something ironic: Native Americans usually began their treaties with that phrase, "we the people."...

...noting that just prior to these questions, Madison states "We have seen the mere distinction of colour made in the most enlightened period of time, a ground...oppressive dominion ever exercised by man over man." Madison, like many of the other Founders, was acutely aware of the injustice of slavery and saw it...