[DoughtyOne]

I agree.

I’m not a big fan of the Confederacy (based on the utter destruction is brought on), but they fought on principle. This part of our history is important. There are major issues to discuss.

This wasn’t solely about slavery or racism.

The Emancipation Proclamation wasn’t lofted until near the end of the war, when Lincoln was having a near impossible time of financing the war effort.

He raised this issue to garner more support, and it worked.

Imagine ending the war without it. Had funding been sufficient, he may never have even pushed the point.

That’s quite a revealing bit of history, about a war that was supposedly fought to end slavery.

[Bulwyf]

It was a war fought to centralize power in DC. Power is all it ever was.

[WVMnteer]

The Emancipation Proclamation was announced in September 1862 and went into effect on January 1, 1863. It was essentially the halfway point of the world.

Maybe we should not allow any Civil War memorials until everyone understands the basic facts of the war.

[HollyB]

A very important and completely undiscussed fact.

[magna carta]

Former Slave Booker T. Washington, alleged that BOTH WHITES & BLACKS were harmed by the detrimental effects of the institution of slavery. He describes an alcoholic white man who fell apart after the emancipation of the slaves who reared him being cared for very tenderly by these former slaves. One slave walking across state lines on foot to repay his former master some $30-it was about honor.
How far we have fallen.

[Svartalfiar]

The Emancipation Proclamation wasn’t lofted until near the end of the war, when Lincoln was having a near impossible time of financing the war effort.
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That’s quite a revealing bit of history, about a war that was supposedly fought to end slavery.

A document that freed slaves in states that he had no legal control over, while not freeing the slaves in states that stayed in the Union. He didn't try very hard to fight slavery. And, he wasn't a supporter of equal rights either.

[PMAS]

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