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Did founding Fathers always practice what they preached?
Natasha2006
The founding fathers were Christian land owners. Many owned slaves. They all strove for independence from a great empire, Great Britain, to form a more "democratic" nation. A nation where people voted for their representatives. With that being said, it can be seen that all the improvements they made or tried to make were for the benefit of White Christian people. The liberties they fought for were centered around their own group of citizens. Native Americans, slaves and Catholics were not part of the "revolution". This perhaps is an overstatement. However, with respect for the time in which they lived, their accomplishments, while not always "fair minded", were the best that could be had in comparison to the rest of the world. This is not an "excuse" passage, it's reality. No nation in the time of the founding fathers, were even close to the freedoms and opportunities they formed. The later advancements of the excluded peoples, were based on the works of the fathers, with the big exception of Native Americans.
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