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  • John Adams Letter to the Officers of the First Brigade: Constitution, Morality and Religion

    John Adams Letter to the Officers of the First Brigade: Constitution, Morality and Religion

    John Adams states, ‘the American Constitution is meant for a religious and moral people,’ which is distinctly different from the claim that ‘America is a Christian nation.’ The full context of the oft quoted passage makes this abundantly clear. John Adams abhorred slavery. The conception of a race-based U.S. republic — built on the slavish…