Difference between revisions of "HIST 131--Week 9 Questions/Comments"

I find it odd that, immediately after exclaiming that “GOD created all men equal,” James Forten goes on to say, “the white men, whom we should look upon as our protectors.”  I feel that this is a contradiction; if they are all equal no man should have more power than another, i.e. be his protector.  Perhaps, however, this is a way of buttering up the white audience?  Flattery, after all, can get you everywhere.  Forten would certainly not have been listened to if he attacked the white men.  Therefore, I would like to believe that this assertion made by Forten is not his opinion, but rather, a way to pacify his audience into continuing to read his protest. ~Kristen Lonsdorf

I find it odd that, immediately after exclaiming that “GOD created all men equal,” James Forten goes on to say, “the white men, whom we should look upon as our protectors.”  I feel that this is a contradiction; if they are all equal no man should have more power than another, i.e. be his protector.  Perhaps, however, this is a way of buttering up the white audience?  Flattery, after all, can get you everywhere.  Forten would certainly not have been listened to if he attacked the white men.  Therefore, I would like to believe that this assertion made by Forten is not his opinion, but rather, a way to pacify his audience into continuing to read his protest. ~Kristen Lonsdorf

== TJ’s Private &  Public Indian Policy as seen in a Letter to Gov. Wm. Henry Harrison, 1803 & a speech to Native Americans ambassadors in 1806 ==

== TJ’s Private &  Public Indian Policy as seen in a Letter to Gov. Wm. Henry Harrison, 1803 & a speech to Native Americans ambassadors in 1806 ==