April 2004
The Illinois Negro Code
Most people believe the history of race relations in the United States is neatly divided by geography. Those states north of the Mason-Dixon Line were paragons of equality and liberty, where race was not an issue and diversity flourished in all its glory. In the benighted states to their south, however, the entire social structure was based on slavery and racist oppression. Consequently, the War Between the States was fought purely over the issue of slavery, and, as is usual in trial by combat, the arms of the virtuous side were strengthened by the Hand of the Almighty, which led to their victory over those rebellious slaveholding cretins. For some unknown reason, the books written by court historians do not start with the words “once upon a time.”
In reality, things were much different, as the history of Illinois demonstrates.
JUST SAY NO!—April 2004
PERSPECTIVE
Tax Slavery
by Thomas Fleming
For a conquered people.
VIEWS
Revolting Taxation
by David Hartman
How federal taxation usurped federalism.
Tax-and-Spend Politics, Bush-style
by Doug Bandow
Outgunning the Democrats.
