Would the republicans today have supported slavery 200 years ago?

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BCA6010 · Accepted Answer

Probably not. The Republican party on the whole has changed very little, and even back in the 1800s their view on freeing the slaves also included deporting them back to Africa. The Republican view on human trafficking is still pretty much the same, and they were eventually the party that pushed for both an expansion of rights as well as the Civil Rights Act, despite Johnson trying to take credit for it.

The first major shift they had was becoming a party of smaller government, which was largely in response to FDR's administration. Prior to that, the Republicans had no real issue with authoritarian government.

Another shift is immigration. Until really near the end of Bush's term, the Republicans were much more willing to ignore illegal immigration, and the Democrats were the ones who wanted border walls. It's also been a historical statistic that the Democrats are the more war-hungry party, and that didn't really change much until after the 2003 Iraq Invasion, but that shift only lasted until Obama got in office and suddenly they were okay with Libya, Syria, Yemen, Woman, Somalia, and now Ukraine, so that hasn't really changed either.

Now the Republican voter base sort of follows a cycle, and right now it's in an anti-government, anti-corporate, war-weary, nationalistic America-first posture most comparable to the atmosphere that led to the election of Dwight Eisenhower.

BeMuse · Accepted Answer

The Republican party formed in 1854 and soon after the Emancipation Proclamation was released in 1863 to end the Democrat mess of slavery. That didn't stop the Democrats from trying to stop it with a Civil War, and slow progress with the formation of the KKK to hunt down Black Republicans that wanted to be free men, Jim Crow laws to oppress minorities, redlining via the New Deal, and even today the Democrats push racial politics. Republicans don't have anything to do with your slavery dreams dude. California did try to repeal civil rights legislation to allow discrimination in the work place recently though. Nope, if you want to go back to slavery, your party of choice is the Democrats. They believe in mob rule. They attack the rule of law. They push concepts like "Democracy" and popular votes. A republic is about maintaining the rule of law, so that everyone's rights as defined in the constitution are protected even when the mob wants blood. Republicans believe in the Republic. It's right there in the name...

lolwerinit · Accepted Answer

No, but people like you would have. The moral framework necessary to oppose slavery was in tact 200 years ago. Folks had for instance, the value that everyone is equal because everyone is imbued with unalienable rights due to their connection with the divine.

The smart, free-thinkers (who today fall on both sides of the political isle) were able to realize that slavery did not conform to the widely held values of that time period, and so they opposed slavery.

On the other hand, there were stupid, barbaric, mindless zombies like you, incapable of free-thinking. These people adopted the world-view of the herd, because they were incapable of thinking for themselves.

You and the other mindless zombies of modern times are not in favour of slavery like your predecessors; rather, you are radical left-wing idealogues who credit all of the world's ills to racist systems and tendencies that do not exist on the scale necessary to cause them. Often times these lesser folk will accuse people they disagree with of being racist as a result. This is because they are incapable of imagining that any adversity they encounter personally or at the level of the society and politics could be due to anything other than racism.

StevieNix · Accepted Answer

If a black person wants to be a Republican today, the Democrats call them white supremacists. Why would Democrats do that? Don't they think that black people deserve a choice? Do the Democrats only think that white people deserve the right to choose?

Would the republicans today have supported slavery 200 years ago?

When Larry Elder was running for the governorship of California, a white, pink-haired Democratic bitch with a gorilla mask, through an egg at his head. The Democrats LOVED it, because the left doesn't like blacks thinking on their own and leaving their plantation.

People need to wake up and see which party is the real racist party. Republicans fought and died to free the slaves owned by Democrats.

OlderAndWiser · Answer

No, Republicans today do not support slavery.

MCheetah · Answer

Tell me you don't understand history or politics, without telling me you don't understand history or politics.

Also, using modern terminology of a "Republicans" to describe America 200+ years ago? Now tell me you're a dumbass, without telling me you're a dumbass.

This question clearly wasn't asked in good faith, as you're trying to paint conservatives/republicans out to be racists, "like they always have been." What you call "Republican" by modern standards, didn't even exist back then. It's like asking "would 4chan users have raped their wives if they lived in the 50s?" You obviously only want people to say "yes," to validate your worldview.

And no, I'm not even a Republican or right-leaning, before you try to strawman me.

nawtee_me · Answer

You ask the wrong question. Most people these day who talk about slavery really do not understand it. How do you think the black people were taken from Africa to begin with? By blacks of course. White people would have been killed on sight had they stepped foot on that continent back then. The slave traders were black and sold other blacks into slavery after bringing them to the United States to start with.

So the real question should be would todays blacks have been slave traders 200 years ago? would they sell the rival gang into slavery to get rid of them?

Straight2thepoint · Answer

Please read history. If u listen to the mainstream media or that -10 iq site-tiktok- for information. Ur better of staring at a dog taking a crap.
Its been over 100 years here in the US, slavery was demolished. The Emancipation bill.
Please stop with the race cards. Get over it. Educate yourself. Don't belittle your life. Empower yourself with worthy knowledge. You guys are better than this. Living in this race critical Bs is only causing more diversity and harm. Everyone was getting along. and our diversity was just jokes. Now with people screaming color. People latched on and lost focus. We all, aren't any different. We are Just shitty humans with a awesome country. Fuk every politician red or blue. The both want ur every cent u got. Poor or middle class. In war theirs no class. We all become poor.

AviatorTom · Answer

If you study history, you realize that acceptance of slavery was a compromise that the Founding Fathers accepted in order to get the 13 colonies to declare independence. Party affiliation or philosophy didn't matter, it was something that had to be done. John Adams in particular could not accept slavery until Benjamin Franklin convinced him that it was the only way the United States of America would ever become a country.

Avicenna · Answer

Nonsense like this question is why I think there should be a peaceful partition of the US into two countries. Anyone dumb enough to believe that is someone dumb enough to commit mass murder of political opponents.

mark000h · Answer

No, that's democrats that founded the kkk and supported slavery.

MannyFrs · Answer

no and this video explains exactly why!

Anonymous · Answer

If they support guns and abortion laws then they will also support slavery because they want our country to go backwards.

slatyb · Answer

Republicans today pull have been Tories during the American revolution.

maximumpower · Answer

Don't know.  Will certainly be able to figure it out when they invent a time machine. Until then, replies to the question will consist of nothing but pure speculation.

humanearth · Answer

200 years ago, it was the Democrats that wanted to keep slavery

FunkyMonkee · Answer

THEY FUCKING FREED THE SLAVES, MORON!!! That's what the civil war was about!!

exitseven · Answer

No, they would be trying to create opportunities for former slaves that would benefit everyone.

OddBeMe · Answer

Counting how many republicans have been caught attending white nationalist events…I can't say all wouldn't.

Anonymous · Answer

You do realize it was Republicans who freed the slaves from Democrats, right?

peedy · Answer

No but the democrats did support it back than and today's democrats would support it to

EnglishEuropean · Answer

200 years ago both parties supported slavery, unless my history is mistaken.

Hrumf · Answer

Lincoln was a Republican.

Anonymous · Answer

Republicans are the ones who abolished slavery

Snakeyes7 · Answer

No that's insane.

In_Trance · Answer

All parties would have

Anonymous · Answer

wasn't that a democrat thing?

TwoToTooTutu2 · Answer

No they wouldn't.

joeldalton · Answer

No….

SmokinAces2000 · Answer

Yes no doubt

WhiteBoyChill · Answer

I would have

Anonymous · Answer

Nope

Would the republicans today have supported slavery 200 years ago?

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Isn't it funny how 100 year ago republicans and abolitionists were fighting to end slavery and now republicans don't want slavery taught at all?

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Isn't it funny how 100 year ago republicans and abolitionists were fighting to end slavery and now republicans don't want slavery taught at all?

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