After the transatlantic slave trade, the second forced migration, or second middle passage, was known as the domestic, or internal, slave trade in America. This website is no longer actively maintained
âUnalienable rightsâ are ours to keep, by virtue of our Creator. So said Thomas Jefferson through the Declaration of Independence, and he was seconded by James Madison through the Bill of Rights. A âcentral componentâ of our âunalienable rightsâ is the right to keep and bear arms. Follow AWR Hawkins on Twitter @AWRHawkins.
The human rights record of the United States of America is a complicated matter; first and foremost the Federal Government of the United States has, through a ratified constitution and amendments thereof, guaranteed unalienable rights to citizens of the country, and also to some degree, non-citizens.