The most bizarre thing about it was that the slave owners were actually convinced that the slaves were happy to be there and were faithful slaves. ... In fact, not only did the Old South not accept their defeat, they did everything within their power and within the newly adopted Amendments to revert back to their old ways of mistreating African-Americans and thinking less of them. ... The people of Georgia felt that there was a conspiracy against the slave states, that the Republican Party had an agenda against them. ... Georgias claim in this letter is that for above twenty years the non-slav...

• Word Count: 1933
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These debts were enormous and under the Articles of Confederation the national government could not collect taxes, this power granted to the states. ... Therefore, members of Congress began asking that this power be granted to them. ... Also when the new constitution was passed it gave Congress more power and they were able to put tariffs on imported goods from foreign countries. ... People that held power under the Articles of Confederation, such as state officials, were not likely willing to give up this power and were therefore against the ratification of a document that would put restr...

• Word Count: 2136
• Approx Pages: 9
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate