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To: Nachum

The Emancipation Proclamation was a war order and it only applied to the states in rebellion. Slavery was not outlawed in the United States...not until after the war I think.
Lincoln, iow, did not have the authority to end slavery.

And he knew it.


30 posted on 11/20/2014 5:58:00 PM PST by Adder (No, Mr. Franklin, we could NOT keep it.)
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31 posted on 11/20/2014 6:02:29 PM PST by musicman (Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
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