Resisting Slavery

Heroes of Liberty: Charles Langston and the Oberlin-Wellington Rescue

by Mike Maharrey | Aug 13, 2015 | Eleven Years, Personal Liberty Laws, Resisting Slavery

Northern abolitionists who defied federal law to assist accused runaway slaves demonstrated the kind of courage we need today. They weren’t deterred by [insert horrible thing the feds will do here]. They recognized the risk – and they acted anyway. On September 13,...

When Nullifiers Were Abolitionists: Vermont vs the Fugitive Slave Act

by TJ Martinell | Jun 29, 2015 | Eleven Years, History, Nullification, Personal Liberty Laws, Resisting Slavery

Critics of nullification are fond of bringing up the Nullification Crisis of 1832 involving John C. Calhoun’s misguided and warped interpretation of what the doctrine meant as advocated by James Madison and Thomas Jefferson. Many, however, are unfamiliar with another...

Personal Liberty Laws: A Nullification History Lesson

by Mike Maharrey | Mar 6, 2013 | Eleven Years, Featured, Nullification, Nullification, Personal Liberty Laws, Resisting Slavery, Tenther Rants

http://traffic.libsyn.com/tentherradio/Tenther-Rant-74.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 11:15 — 10.4MB) Some opponents of nullification measures – both politicians and people in the grassroots – would have you believe that such...

How The Constitution Ended Slavery

by KrisAnne Hall | Feb 1, 2013 | Constitution, Featured, Founding Principles, Resisting Slavery

While defending the Constitution I am met often with two questions: 1) If the founders were so great and the Constitution such a great document, why did it preserve slavery? 2) Why did the Constitution treat black people as 3/5th a person? The answers to these...

The Untold History of Nullification: Resisting Slavery

by Derek Sheriff | Feb 10, 2010 | Eleven Years, History, Nullification, Nullification, Personal Liberty Laws, Resisting Slavery

Last December, when Tennessee Rep. Susan Lynn, R-Mount Juliet, said she would introduce legislation which would declare null and void any federal law the state deems unconstitutional, some people were horrified. Rep. Lynn was specifically targeting the health-care...

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