[lit-ideas] EC in relation to institution of slavery

  • From: "Donal McEvoy" <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> (Redacted sender "donalmcevoyuk" for DMARC)
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  • Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2017 12:48:31 +0000 (UTC)

Something missing from Lawrence's defence of the EC:
http://time.com/4558510/electoral-college-history-slavery/

"If the system’s pro-slavery tilt was not overwhelmingly obvious when the 
Constitution was ratified, it quickly became so. For 32 of the Constitution’s 
first 36 years, a white slaveholding Virginian occupied the presidency."

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