George Washington wrote to a friend his fear in 1774: “we must assert our rights, or submit to every imposition that can be heaped upon us till custom and use, will make us as tame, and abject slaves, as the blacks we rule over with such arbitrary sway.” American patriots were fearful that they would become enslaved to the British. The American colonists frequently discussed slavery, but more in the context of their relationship with Great Britain. As the Revolution progressed, the issue of slavery soon became a controversial topic that eventually resulted in vast regional and political divides. As the ideals of the enlightenment began to spread through the American colonies in the 1760s and 1770s, the articulation of the ideals of liberty and freedom began to take shape. Four of the first five presidents of the United States were slaveowners. A majority of the signers of the Declaration of Independence and nearly half of the delegates to the Constitutional Convention owned slaves. While some colonies were for slavery, and others against slavery, the fact was that the institution had deep roots in the colonies. They all had been born into a slaveholding society where the morality of owning slaves was rarely questioned. The institution of slavery proved to be a difficult issue for the Founding Fathers to navigate. "Declaration of Independence" painted by John Trumbull in 1819. Slavery existed, and was protected by law, in all 13 American colonies when they declared their independence from Great Britain in 1776. The institution of slavery had been a part of American society for more than 150 years when the Revolutionary War began in 1775. Johnson called out in 1775, is a question Americans continue to grapple with to this day-the institution slavery. Samuel Johnson rhetorically asked, “How is it that we hear the loudest yelps for liberty among the drivers of negroes?” The paradox that Dr. In his 1775 treatise, Taxation No Tyranny, British author Dr. Saved Land Browse Interactive Map View active campaigns.Stop the Largest Rezoning in Orange County History.Send Students on School Field Trips to Battlefields – Your Gift Tripled!.An Unparalleled Preservation Opportunity at Gettysburg Battlefield.Phase Three of Gaines’ Mill-Cold Harbor Saved Forever Campaign.Save 42 Historic Acres at the Battle of Chancellorsville.Save 343 Acres at FIVE Battlefields in FOUR Western Theater States.Help Save 820 Acres at Five Virginia Battlefields.Help Acquire 20 Sacred Acres at Antietam.
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