White supremacy soon became one of the foundational principles of America. For instance, have you ever wondered why each item in the Bill of Rights is an amendment instead of a part of the Constitution? It’s because Madison didn’t think the Constitution needed one since, according to Locke and the rest of the Enlightenment faves, the important rights were universal and God-given. But Virginia refused to ratify the Constitution without one. Patrick Henry, one of the largest human traffickers in Virginia, had already helped craft his state’s Declaration of Rights, worried that the new federal
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