A colonial family in 1666, standing in front of a modest wooden home, gazing towards the horizon with hopeful expressions.
“The citizenship status of blacks was never quite clear. Obviously, they were not quite resident aliens, for they had no country but the United States. The federal government generally avoided taking a stand on black citizenship when the subject arose. A few blacks got federal passports implying that they were citizens... The Articles of Confederation stated that 'the free inhabitants of these states... shall be entitled to all privileges of immunities of free citizens in the several states', and Congress voted down South Carolina's proposal to insert the word 'white' into this clause. Chief Justice Taney, in the infamous 1857 Dred Scott decision, asserted that blacks had never been, and could never be, citizens of the United States. He was wrong.”
~ Thomas G. West, as quoted in Vindicating the Founders (2001), Maryland, p. 27.
Here is V. W. Crane’s Excellent Piece ‘Projects for Colonization in the South, 1684-1732.’ It provides additional detail & embellishment to the sundry Colonization waves that took place in the Carolinas (& beyond) in the late 17th to early 18th centuries.
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