Kopel: The Second Amendment Meant No Person in the U.S. Could Be a Slave
Just a few weeks after the Confederate States surrendered at Appomattox, Frederick Douglass declared: Now, while the black man can be denied a vote, while the Legislatures of the South can take from him the right to keep and bear arms, as they can—they would not allow a negro to walk with a cane where … Read more
