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Lunabell

(7,071 posts) Wed Nov 22, 2023, 06:28 AM Nov 2023

Joe Manchin.

Would he have voted for the Fugitive Slave Act. Yes or No?

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Joe Manchin. (Original Post) Lunabell Nov 2023 OP

The teaching, learning, and remembrance of history being what is is, you should define... hlthe2b Nov 2023 #1

Thank you. I didn't know. lamp_shade Nov 2023 #2

Seems it was protective moniss Nov 2023 #6

Mostly? Entirely. An abject abomination. Voltaire2 Nov 2023 #9

My tongue was firmly in my saggy cheek. moniss Nov 2023 #10

Joe Manchin is a snake WVlaserguy Nov 2023 #3

A constituent! 2naSalit Nov 2023 #5

Empathy from Idaho! Zambero Nov 2023 #7

Ha! 2naSalit Nov 2023 #8

Depends on what his donors told him to do JT45242 Nov 2023 #4

hlthe2b

(106,894 posts)

1. The teaching, learning, and remembrance of history being what is is, you should define...

Reply to Lunabell (Original post)

Wed Nov 22, 2023, 06:37 AM

Nov 2023

I'd bet that there are at least a few who don't know whether the FUGITIVE SLAVE ACT was punitive or protective--perhaps even on DU. HERE:

Passed on September 18, 1850 by Congress, The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 was part of the Compromise of 1850. The act required that slaves be returned to their owners, even if they were in a free state. The act also made the federal government responsible for finding, returning, and trying escaped slaves.
https://www.battlefields.org/learn/primary-sources/fugitive-slave-act

lamp_shade

(15,101 posts)

2. Thank you. I didn't know.

Reply to hlthe2b (Reply #1)

Wed Nov 22, 2023, 06:51 AM

Nov 2023

moniss

(6,189 posts)

6. Seems it was protective

Reply to hlthe2b (Reply #1)

Wed Nov 22, 2023, 07:51 AM

Nov 2023

of the slave owners mostly.

Voltaire2

(14,913 posts)

9. Mostly? Entirely. An abject abomination.

Reply to moniss (Reply #6)

Wed Nov 22, 2023, 08:30 AM

Nov 2023

moniss

(6,189 posts)

10. My tongue was firmly in my saggy cheek.

Reply to Voltaire2 (Reply #9)

Wed Nov 22, 2023, 03:27 PM

Nov 2023

WVlaserguy

(64 posts)

3. Joe Manchin is a snake

Reply to Lunabell (Original post)

Wed Nov 22, 2023, 07:07 AM

Nov 2023

I live in West Virginia. He has no ethics

2naSalit

(93,701 posts)

5. A constituent!

Reply to WVlaserguy (Reply #3)

Wed Nov 22, 2023, 07:49 AM

Nov 2023

Welcome to DU!

I empathize, I have the great misfortune of having a similar situation over here in Montana, currently.

Zambero

(9,785 posts)

7. Empathy from Idaho!

Reply to 2naSalit (Reply #5)

Wed Nov 22, 2023, 07:59 AM

Nov 2023

2naSalit

(93,701 posts)

8. Ha!

Reply to Zambero (Reply #7)

Wed Nov 22, 2023, 08:02 AM

Nov 2023

I spent a decade and a half there before I came here!

JT45242

(2,999 posts)

4. Depends on what his donors told him to do

Reply to Lunabell (Original post)

Wed Nov 22, 2023, 07:09 AM

Nov 2023

I know that citizens united did not exist back then... So I guess I would say it depends on whether it would have benefitted the family business.

Manchin looks after the family business and the will of his donors, never what is moral or is in the best interest of his state or the country.

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