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Founding Father Farmers: John Adams

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John Adams was a man of conviction, principles and a staunch advocate of freedom. Though he did not get the accolades the other founders did regarding writing the Declaration of Independence and using his passion to inspire others to declare independence from the floor of the Continental Congress, he nevertheless deserves just as much credit for being one of the main founders of our country. He as well was also the son of a farmer and one himself. His farm, Peacefield was where he retired to upon leaving political life and where he died on July 4th, 1826.
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JanforGore
  • added July 03, 2009

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    http://www.nps.gov/adam/photosmultimedia/photogaller...
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    Photos of Peacefield which became known as the "Old House" to the Adams family.

    JanforGore
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    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeHepBjAyS0

    Contrary to what many believe, John Adams was not a "rich white aristocrat" who had slaves and hated blacks. He and his wife Abigail abhored the practice, and out of that principle refused to have slaves and thus did all of their own farming and the upkeep of their property.

    I mention this because two other threads I have posted here regarding Thomas Jefferson (who BTW, inherited his slaves from his father and worked his whole life to end the practice, even writing it as the first line in his draft of the Declaration only to be advised against it by Benjamin Franklin and John Adams for fear of it not passing in the South) and George Washington (who also found the practice abominable and like Jefferson believed the slaves with them were actually safer under their care rather than being released (which may be a convoluted way of thinking to some but in reality in that period of time and under the circumstances was the unfortunate reality) have been hijacked by attempts to divert from the topic of these threads, which was the freedom agriculture brings to the human soul and how that freedom is one that must be established in all facets of life for ALL people in order for us to be truly free.

    The early history of this nation is by no means perfect nor were they, but the men who wrote and ratified the Declaration of Independence put their very lives and all they had on the line to bring it about, and they deserve at the very least our thoughts and our gratitude.

    And those who did much of the hard labor in growing the seeds that fed this nation also deserve our respect and gratefulness on the commemoration of the birthday of America and beyond. To acknowledge these brilliant men who did not know what storm would come by their actions is in no way to dismiss those of all colors who also worked to shape America.

    Thank you.

    JanforGore
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    Currently, all entries on this topic are being featured on the Sustainable Agriculture Channel:

    http://current.com/topics/86293911_sustainable-agriculture/

    JanforGore
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    Wow, thanks for this JFG. Keep up the good work.

    lamborghini
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    Thanks. Sustainable Agriculture helped to birth America. On this July 4th we need to pay homage to what sustained us and what is representative of true personal freedom.

    JanforGore
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