The Virginia delegates proposed a strong national government that could make and enforce laws and collect taxes. The plan would establish a federal system of government under which the people would be governed by both the state and national governments
<span>A limited amount of written records survived to shine light on this time period.</span>
Generally speaking, it would be "civil rights" that people gain as part of living under an organized government, although of course this depends greatly on the government in question.
Abraham Lincoln, the president he released slaves from slavery on January 1st 1863
