407K views · 2.2K reactions | Vice President of the Confederacy, Alexander H. Stephens, described the confederate constitution thusly: "Its cornerstone 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.” | HISTORY | Facebook