Mark Small

3) “founders” of this country consist of more than “fathers.” Only white, male landowners were able to vote for delegates to the 1787 Convention. The delegates viewed their role as framers of a structure for government. 9/24

A “founder” is “a person who founds or establishes.” Random House Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary, 2d ed., 2001, p. 756. The “founders” includes everyone who was here who toiled and died to build this country. 10/24

“Founders” includes people held in involuntary servitude (a/k/a slaves), indigenous peoples (mistakenly called “Indians” by European settlers) and women (who had hardly any rights). 11/24

Please don’t do that. Involuntary servitude = slavery thing.

Some people are offended w/o an explanation. It is an evil institution, but those were the words in the Constituion. I am sorry if I offended you.

Unless they were Shackled and their children sold on auctions. You are not correct.

"servitude": "condition of being a servant or slave" Black's Law Dic, 10th ed 2014, p. 1578. The involuntary is self-evident.

I’m not going to argue, I’m an Irish immigrant , I know what an indentured servant is. They’re children were not sold.