Are you a fan of the US Constitution?
The document created by slaveowners who told us that all people are created equal... yeah, that's the one.
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For the most part yes. The basic structure of checks and balances, three-separate, co-equal branches of government has generally worked well. I want two reforms however; First: nullify the electoral college and elect the president by popular vote. Two: Supreme court justices should have limited, not life-time terms.
Certain features were forced into the Constitution by the conflict between the slave-states and the free states. In 1791 the Federal republic was not in the position to take on the slave states in a military conflict.
By 1860, however, when the Civil War started, the Free states (the Union) had the industrial might to out-manufacture the slave-owning states, which were mainly agricultural and dependent on slave-labor. In 1865 the 13th Amendment was passed which outlawed slavery and allowed the newly freed slaves to join the Federal army and navy. Thus the newly liberated former slaves became liberators.
Certain features were forced into the Constitution by the conflict between the slave-states and the free states. In 1791 the Federal republic was not in the position to take on the slave states in a military conflict.
By 1860, however, when the Civil War started, the Free states (the Union) had the industrial might to out-manufacture the slave-owning states, which were mainly agricultural and dependent on slave-labor. In 1865 the 13th Amendment was passed which outlawed slavery and allowed the newly freed slaves to join the Federal army and navy. Thus the newly liberated former slaves became liberators.