Morse

Samuel F.B Morse attended Yale University. He graduated in the year of 1810 as an artist and made his way to living on a plantation in South Carolina. Not only was he an artist... but he was an inventor. The telegraph originated from his own mind. This invention exploded all over the world-pretty cool if you ask me. All credits go to this guy for developing the Morse code, the new hip way of communication in the 1800's. As everybody has points where they are amazing, there's always points of downfall. In my opinion, Morse's downfall was how much he supported slavery. He went as far as to describe slavery as a beautiful thing and a way for salvation. He argued that it is a sin to oppose slavery, disgusting. He encouraged churches to excommunicate those who opposed the topic. This man easily placed all blame for any problem that derived from slavery on the abolitionist (person who would like to abolish slavery). Morse was even elected president for not one, but two pro slavery organizations. The American Society for the Promotion of National Unity "thanked God that four million beings, incapable of self-care, were entrusted to Southerners." After Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, they founded, the Society for the Diffusion of Political Knowledge. His strong beliefs in slavery led him to denounce democracy. Morse was a strong believer that too much democracy was poisonous. As many bowed down to this man of many thoughts and much power, I would be one to argue against him. A slave is indeed a person and not property. The word slave even irks me. But, to each their own!

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