Alexander Stephens' Cornerstone Speech 1861. "Our new government is founded upon exactly the opposite idea; its foundations are laid, its corner-stone rests, upon the great truth that the negro is not equal to the white man; that slavery subordination to the superior race is his natural and normal condition. This, our new government, is the first, in the history of the world, based upon this great physical, philosophical, and moral truth." ~Confederate Vice President Alexander H. Stephens, March 21, 1861

#CornerstoneSpeech

The #CornerstoneSpeech was given #ThisDayInHistory in 1861 by #AlexanderHStephens, #Confederate v.p. It argued #CSA was founded on belief that "the negro is not equal to the white man" and "that slavery — subordination to the superior race — is his natural and normal condition."

You don't understand, @junlper.beer.
The " #AntiWoke" crowd won't feel that their work is done until it's okay to call slavery by its rightful name, and the words of Alexander Stephens' #CornerstoneSpeech are carved in marble in palm-sized letters on a monument on the Washington Mall.

Alexander Stephens' Cornerstone Speech 1861. "Our new government is founded upon exactly the opposite idea; its foundations are laid, its corner-stone rests, upon the great truth that the negro is not equal to the white man; that slavery subordination to the superior race is his natural and normal condition. This, our new government, is the first, in the history of the world, based upon this great physical, philosophical, and moral truth." ~Confederate Vice President Alexander H. Stephens, March 21, 1861

"Our new government is founded upon exactly the opposite idea; its foundations are laid, its corner-stone rests, upon the great truth that the negro is not equal to the white man; that slavery subordination to the superior race is his natural and normal condition...

#CornerstoneSpeech

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