He publicly opposed slavery and tried very hard to get it eliminated in the Constitution. The South opposed him and threatened to not support the new union without slavery. With no support from the South we were doomed to lose to the British. Also, it depends on how you define many and I'm not even sure that Sally was not a willing participant. "Unlike countless enslaved women, Sally Hemings was able to negotiate with her owner. In Paris, where she was free, the 16-year-old agreed to return to enslavement at Monticello in exchange for “extraordinary privileges” for herself and freedom for her unborn children. Over the next 32 years Hemings raised four children—Beverly, Harriet, Madison, and Eston—and prepared them for their eventual emancipation. She did not negotiate for, or ever receive, legal freedom in Virginia." https://www.monticello.org/sallyhemings/
I know the history, just was curious as to choice of order. Wasn't saying the name didn't deserve to change.
How is it rape when she was given the choice of leaving him, when they were in France, but chose to stay with him? Not saying it wasn't because I don't know all the details but I don't see it on the face.
I was lucky, I graduated from Lincoln. I almost went to Lake Oswego high school so I would have still been lucky if we hadn't moved. I went to Forest Hills grade school and finished grade school at Chapman in Portland. I was slated to go to (Lake) Oswego Junior High for the 7th grade but we moved to Portland and had two more years of grade school where I excelled writing an article in the 8th grade which was included in our history. I dearly wish I could have remained in Oswego which changed it's name to Lake Oswego 2 or 3 months after we moved. William Chapman was probably not the greatest guy but I can't find where he ever owned any slaves even though he was born in 1808 in Virginia where he was raised.He was 57 when slavery was ended by a change in the Constitution, the 13th Amendment in 1865.
Yeah, as Jackson was originally one of two new high schools that were built in the late 60's and then both turned to middle schools with Adams eventually torn down.
And for all of us who are older than dirt, Adams was the old Girl’s Polytechnical HS (“Girl’s Poly”) until the late ‘60s/early ‘70s. Basically the female counterpart to Benson.....
We're not counting all the years you spent hanging around the high school post-graduation trying to pick up high school girls.
My wife graduated from Washington High School as well in 1972. She also knew Alan and Carl Ruggles. My sister in law was actually the last graduating class at Washington-Monroe in 81'.
