I was interested to learn from Wills’ essay of a strong connection between the second amendment and slave rebellions… Google turns up lots of discussion and disagreements. But I presume that the following is an authoritative account and that Wills is right? http://www.carltbogus.com/edmund-a-blog/72-the-hidden-history-of-the-second-amendment-redux <http://www.carltbogus.com/edmund-a-blog/72-the-hidden-history-of-the-second-amendment-redux> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Terry L. Meyers, Chancellor Professor of English Emeritus, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg Virginia 23187 http://wmpeople.wm.edu/site/page/tlmeye/ <http://wmpeople.wm.edu/site/page/tlmeye/> http://www.ecologyfund.com/ecology/_ecology.html <http://www.ecologyfund.com/ecology/_ecology.html> ———————————————————————————————————————————————————— Have we got a college? Have we got a football team?.... Well, we can't afford both. Tomorrow we start tearing down the college. --Groucho Marx, in "Horse Feathers." ______________________________________ To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html This list is made possible by a grant from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS).
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