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. . Button Gwinnett Georgia 1 Yes 1910 331,069 18.8% 1860 presidential election, The South developed an agricultural economy dependent on commodity crops Its planters rapidly acquired a significantly higher number and proportion of slaves in the population overall as its commodity crops were labor-intensive. Early on enslaved people in the South worked primarily on farms and plantations growing indigo rice and tobacco; cotton did not become a major crop until after the American Revolution and after the 1790s Before then long-staple cotton was cultivated primarily on the Sea Islands of Georgia and South Carolina; In addition nearly 200,000 African-American men served with distinction in the Union forces as soldiers and sailors Most were escaped slaves the Confederacy was outraged by armed black soldiers and refused to treat them as prisoners of war They murdered many as at the Fort Pillow Massacre and re-enslaved others. The phrase "Founding Fathers" is a 20th-century appellation coined by Warren G Harding in 1916.[citation needed] Prior to and during the 19th century they were referred to as simply the "Fathers".[citation needed] the term has been used to describe the founders and first settlers of the original royal colonies, John Penn North Carolina 2 Yes Yes Jefferson Adams Jay and Franklin all acquired significant political experience as ministers to countries in Europe. While each state had its own slave code many concepts were shared throughout the slave states. According to the slave codes some of which were passed in reaction to slave rebellions teaching a slave to read or write was illegal This prohibition was unique to American slavery believed to reduce slaves forming aspirations that could lead to escape or rebellion. Informal education occurred when white children taught slave companions what they were learning; in other cases adult slaves learned from free artisan workers especially if located in cities where there was more freedom of movement. Apprehension seems to exist among the people of the Southern States that by the accession of a Republican Administration their property and their peace and personal security are to be endangered There has never been any reasonable cause for such apprehension Indeed the most ample evidence to the contrary has all the while existed and been open to their inspection It is found in nearly all the published speeches of him who now addresses you I do but quote from one of those speeches when I declare that "I have no purpose directly or indirectly to interfere with the institution of slavery in the States where it exists I believe I have no lawful right to do so and I have no inclination to do so.", The District's four NCAA Division I teams American Eagles George Washington Colonials Georgetown Hoyas and Howard Bison and Lady Bison have a broad following the Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team is the most notable and also plays at the Capital One Arena From 2008 to 2012 the District hosted an annual college football bowl game at RFK Stadium called the Military Bowl the D.C area is home to one regional sports television network Comcast SportsNet (CSN) based in Bethesda Maryland! !

. Amistad seizure (1839), Dulles International Airport (/'d?l?s/ DUL-iss) (IATA: IAD ICAO: KIAD FAA LID: IAD) typically referred to as Dulles Airport Washington Dulles or simply Dulles is an international airport in the eastern United States located in Loudoun and Fairfax counties in Virginia 26 miles (42 km) west of downtown Washington D.C, Henry Laurens was president of the Continental Congress when the Articles were passed on November 15 1777. . In the 72 years between the election of George Washington and the election of Abraham Lincoln 50 of those years [had] a slaveholder as president of the United States and for that whole period of time there was never a person elected to a second term who was not a slaveholder.