The Corporation
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to protect newly
freed slaves.

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So for instance
between 1890 and 1910

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there were 307 cases brought
before the court

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under the 14th amendment.
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288 of these brought
by corporations

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19 by African Americans.
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600000 people were killed
to get rights for people

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and then with strokes of
the pen over the next 30years

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judges applied those rights
to capital and property

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while stripping them
from people.

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Everybody makes a mistake
once in a while

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but I just cant be
personally responsible.

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That's one of the weaknesses
of a partnership

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isn't it Sid?
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Well maybe you’d better
incorporate the store.

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Incorporate?!
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Yes
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Incorporating would give you
the big advantage of

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what you want right now
limited liability.

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You start with a
group of people

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who wanna invest their
money in accompany.

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Then these people apply for
a charter as a corporation.

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This government issues a
charter to that corporation.

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Now that corporation operates
legally as an individual person

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it is not a group of people
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it is under the law
a legal person.

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Imperial Steel Incorporated
has many of the legal rights

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of a person.
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It can buy and
sell property...

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It can borrow money.
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It can sue in court
and be sued.

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It can carry
on a business.

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Imperial Steel

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