Aiding, Abetting Quotes
The Bible contains two separate and somewhat contradictory versions of creation (Adam & Eve vs. the 6 day creation).
Several years before the Battle of Bunker Hill, revolutionary activity had already broken out in the American colonies—See {634132} for an example. This law gave the British authorities much more “clout” in dealing with the “seditious” American activities. It protected English law enforcement officials from being tried in local Colonial courts for murder or assault in putting down insurrections. George Washington and other Patriots were outraged over this law. See {634131}.
Surprising to us today is the reality that before this law, it was perfectly legal for American Citizens to sell transport all kinds of goods and materials to enemies of the country—even in the midst of a war. At the beginning of the War of 1812, New England merchants were selling, shipping, and delivering meat and other critical provisions to the English Armies in Canada. There is an unfortunate long history of this. IBM sold punch card equipment and technology to the Nazis through European subsidiaries prior to and during WWII. American oil companies were helping the Arab countries enforce their embargo against is in the 1970s. American firms shipped weapons technology to Iraq when they threatened to create weapons of mass destruction. It has often been difficult to get American companies to pass up profits for patriotic reasons unless there were strong laws and enforcement.
This is one of the most eloquent writings on the racial discrimination issue in American History. The young man who wrote it was a free Black born and educated in Troy, New York who became a seaman in New Bedford. He enlisted in the famous Massachusetts 54th Black Regiment. He also sent bi-weekly news dispatches to The New Bedford Mercury. In the midst of the assault on Fort Wagner in Charleston Harbor on July 18, 1863, and in the battle of Oustlee, Florida, on February 20, 1864. In the latter battle, he was wounded and captured. He was murdered by the inhuman conditions in the infamous Confederate prison camp at Andersonville, GA. He was only 27 years old.
