I live in Osceola Mo a town that Lincoln ordered to be burned along with many others here in Missouri. My children did a research project on the Civil War, Lincoln and the “burnt districts”. Several area residents had parents (now deceased) and grandparents who wrote about and passed on to them many stories of what really went on during the Civil War. My wife and children came away with a totally different view from the ideas I was taught at public (government) school. Neither side was free from wrong doing to some extent that is true but just as we have seen in current events we surely can’t trust those who have re-written history to suite their ends.
Think what you will about the Civil War but no doubt as Stonewall Jackson had stated Slavery was to die a natural death already since it was not compatible with our founding documents taking in their totality.
It is a fact that much of the North including the beloved Lincoln was racist and wanted the “negros” returned to their homeland. Lincoln himself advocated this.
For a healthy counterbalance I recommend a book called “The Real Lincoln”.
If anyone is truly interested I have copies of a book written by a local historian documenting what happened in Missouri prior to the war and after. It is a real eye opener.
These men where prophetic. They could see the dangers we would face if the Federal Government was allowed to grow in scope and power beyond what the Founders intended. We are living that nightmare now.
Lincoln set the stage, Obama is now playing the part as well as many others before him Democrats and Republicans included.
Lincoln was no more racist than you or I. He held attitudes that were mainstream for the era. He also advocated voluntary repatriation.
The confederacy enshrined slavery in their constitution effecting precluding any "natural death". The confederates had zero desire to see slavery end.
Nope. Osceola was burned by an unauthorized militia/mob of Kansas Redlegs under Jim Lane.
Unless you can provide documentary evidence of Lincoln ordering the burning or even the attack?
This claim is tantamount to claiming that Davis ordered the Lawrence Massacre, a much greater atrocity.
And when did Stonewall Jackson say that?
It is a fact that much of the North including the beloved Lincoln was racist and wanted the “negros” returned to their homeland. Lincoln himself advocated this.
And it is also a fact that virtually all of the South including the beloved Robert Lee wanted blacks kept where they were, in the South, in slavery. So weren't they just as racist as you claim the North was?
For a healthy counterbalance I recommend a book called “The Real Lincoln”.
And I recommend Carl Sandburgs five volume biography of Lincoln. One book has just as tenuous grasp of the truth as the other one does. And both are equally unbiased.
Lincoln set the stage, Obama is now playing the part as well as many others before him Democrats and Republicans included.
LOL.