Mage Joan

The wave of abolition of slavery that started in Alfheim in the summer of 1627 also swept the Continental Army headquarters in the Forge Valley. The most active advocates were Audrey and Holden, sisters and brothers.

The brothers and sisters have long been unfamiliar with the colonial slavery system, and they are also quite critical of the prevailing racism within the Continental Army. Taking this opportunity to speak to General Vassar again and again, I implore the commander-in-chief to set an example for the advancement of society. , On the issue of liberating slaves, regain righteousness from the enemy.

The confidant adjutants around General Vassar were mostly progressive young people who were congenial to Zion's sisters and brothers. Infected by these young people, the general's thinking gradually changed.

He asked Holden to draft a proposal for recruiting black slaves to join the army and submit it to the Continental Congress in his own name. He believed that this method could ease the pressure of public opinion and also help rebuild the Continental Army Southern Corps as soon as possible.

The proposal submitted by General Vassar was discussed publicly at the Continental Congress and caused great controversy.

As everyone knows, most representatives of the Continental Congress themselves are master slave owners and manor owners. Based on their own interests, this group of ruling parties vehemently opposed any measures aimed at liberating slaves.

In the words of these gentlemen, "to indulge black slaves to fight for freedom is tantamount to encouraging crime" and deprive slave owners of "sacred and inviolable private property."

"Property rights" cannot be bypassed, and the liberation of slaves cannot be discussed.

At the meeting, Mr. Patrick Henry, a representative of the opposition, stood up unwillingly.

This widely respected barrister declared in the same impassioned tone of the famous battle cry-"You give me liberty or death":

"Winthrop's announcement provides the strongest reason for the people of the New World to seek independence!"

When Joanne saw Mr. Patrick Henry's remarks in the paper, he couldn't help wondering what this man called the "strongest reason"?

Because his slaves were agitated by the "liberation announcement" and fled, his interests were harmed, so he has more reason to support the "independent revolution"?

Then the subtext is that after the victory of the independence revolution, those black slaves who fled the plantation and were liberated in Prince Port will also be arrested and returned by slave owners such as Patrick Henry, put on shackles again, and continue to be cows and horses. The day of abuse?

Doesn't it mean that "everyone is born free and equal"?

The black slaves who escaped from Mr. Henry's plantation are not precisely practicing the battle cry of "give me freedom or die"?

Mr. Henry opposed the black slaves to practice the slogan he put forward, only to show that he did not treat black slaves as human beings. He verbally declared that "everyone is born free and equal", but in his heart he believes that some people, including himself, are better than others. Some people are more free and equal.

If Patrick Henry’s one-party ideal is to build such a “retro” slavery aristocratic republic, then they should go to the front to shed blood and sacrifice themselves, instead of fleeing from north to south, and at the same time use those high-sounding slogans to instigate many Compatriots from the bottom of society worked for themselves.

Qiao An had to admire the hypocrisy and shamelessness of this group of people. He really couldn't figure out where Patrick Henry and his like had the face to call themselves "leaders of public opinion" and often represented "the people of the New World."

As a native of the New World, Qiao An didn't want to be endorsed by this hypocrite, it was disgusting!

What made him a little relieved was that at this meeting, Mr. Alexander Jefferson did not make any radical remarks, nor did he clearly state whether he supports or opposes the liberation of slaves.

Qiao An feels that this matter can be interpreted in two ways.

First of all, hypocrites are also graded. Mr. Jefferson’s grade is much higher than Mr. Henry’s. Even if his own interests are harmed, he will not immediately tear off his mask of hypocrisy and jump out in a hurry to defend his own interests. See the ugliness of "bare butt".

Secondly, Qiao Ann is more willing to believe that although Mr. Jefferson has a hypocritical side, he is still a respectable idealist in his bones.

On the one hand, he is unwilling to immediately join the abolitionist movement for his own interests; on the other, he is unwilling to follow Patrick Henry and his like, and take up the "sacred and inviolable private property" tiger skin because of lofty ideals. To act as a big banner to defend the **** and sinful slavery system, in the end can only choose to prevaricate and pass the test in a low-key manner.

Qiao An is not the roundworm in Mr. Jefferson’s belly, and he doesn’t know what he really thinks. The reason why he is more willing to believe that he has difficulties is that besides caring about the relationship between teachers and students in the past, I don’t want to see the idol in his youth completely collapse. A more subtle factor, perhaps the entangled mentality that puts himself in a dilemma, has been projected onto Mr. Jefferson.

Even if Jefferson is a hypocrite, a hypocrite whose heart is tortured by conscience and who is constantly struggling between morality and utilitarianism is more worthy of sympathy than a hypocrite who is cold and firm in his heart, has no moral bottom line, and acts unscrupulously.

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Patrick Henry yelled, and the Continental Congress was crowded. Others either put their heads into the sand and loaded ostriches like Jefferson, and refused to speak, or they argued for reasons, they were helpless and weak, and they were no match for the Southern slaveholder group. In the end, the proposal initiated by General Vassar failed to pass.

However, things are not over yet.

Opposition within the independent camp can be suppressed, but criticism from international friends cannot be ignored.

Since the Earl of Winthrop promoted the liberation movement of slaves in Alfheim with great fanfare, the two allies of the Continental Congress, the Far East government and the Canaanite government, have also been severely criticized by domestic progressives.

"As a leader of a major power government, I don't know how to clean myself and love myself, and how can I do a good job of politics with the group of slave-holding insects in the New World?!"

"Princess Fei accuses us of embarrassment with the anti-human slave owner. Talking about freedom and equality is pure hypocrisy. How do you tell us to refute it?"

Facing the turbulent public opinion in the country, the Far East and Canaan authorities felt a lot of pressure and had to issue a note through diplomatic channels, urging the Continental Congress to introduce measures to abolish slavery as soon as possible, otherwise it would not rule out the suspension of aid.

Under the threat of international friends, the representatives of the Continental Congress met every day in Leiden, arguing for a whole week before reluctantly passing a vaguely worded bill.

The content included exemption from arrest for slaves who joined the army during the war, those who killed the enemy were granted the status of "free man", and the Continental Congress promised to make corresponding monetary compensation to their masters.

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