You see, prior to 1838, black men could vote in PA. They lost that in the 1838 convention and regained it in 1870.
But that occurred because PA was no longer majority Quaker, they'd moved west (and been outnumbered by Irish pouring into Philadelphia). Ohio had de facto black suffrage (despite its crummy 1802 constitution), and Iowa had explicit black suffrage from the day its constitution was enacted to now.
I don't know where you're trying to go with this. Nothing you have said refutes my assertion that America wasn't founded upon a principle of racial equality.
The Dutch did, and it was outlawed before the revolutionary war was even finished with the Gradual Abolition Act.
It didn't really abolish slavery, only set it in motion, and there still wasn't racial equality.
Yes and no.
You see, prior to 1838, black men could vote in PA. They lost that in the 1838 convention and regained it in 1870.
But that occurred because PA was no longer majority Quaker, they'd moved west (and been outnumbered by Irish pouring into Philadelphia). Ohio had de facto black suffrage (despite its crummy 1802 constitution), and Iowa had explicit black suffrage from the day its constitution was enacted to now.
I don't know where you're trying to go with this. Nothing you have said refutes my assertion that America wasn't founded upon a principle of racial equality.
It wasn't founded on the inverse either. It was a federation of states, some of which WERE built on equality as a principle.
And I'm really annoyed that side gets left out simply because a lot of us died in the Civil War.