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Politics : Polite Political Discussion- is it Possible? An Experiment.
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To: Brumar89 who wrote (431)8/2/2006 1:47:02 PM
From: KonKiloRead Replies (3) of 1695
 
The Northern states outlawed only NEW slavery, and allowed folks to keep their existing slaves as a sort of grandfather clause, making the Dred Scott decision somewhat moot.

Grant had a slave that he elected to free when hostilities commenced, and his wife had several slaves, including a female that she kept throughout the war.

The rationale for the Civil War changed midway through the conflict. It was not originally a fight to free the slaves, but instead to preserve the Union.

And as you know, the Emancipation Proclamation pertained only to the Deep South Confederate States, and not the border states. It was more a military decision than a liberation, since Lincoln hoped that the "freed" slaves would revolt and cause insurrections that the Confederate military would have to put down.

The myth of the pure and virtuous North forcing the evil South to abandon slavery loses some of its luster when you know the rest of the story.
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