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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Hundreds of thousands of white people fought and died to end slavery. How much money do blacks owe the families of the dead to repay them for their sacrifice?


12 posted on 04/17/2017 1:49:15 PM PDT by corkoman
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Hundreds of thousands of white people fought and died to end slavery.

This is incorrect. Hundreds of thousands of people fought and died to end the Independence of Southern states. The Union was planning to keep slavery during the first two years of the war, so they don't get to claim they were fighting to end it.

There were five Union slave states during the war.

26 posted on 04/17/2017 1:54:24 PM PDT by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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To: corkoman

Hundreds of thousands of white people fought and died to end slavery. How much money do blacks owe the families of the dead to repay them for their sacrifice?


Yep, have one great-great-grandfather in that category, fought with the Union. With interest, the reparation payment ought to be HUUUUUGE.


51 posted on 04/17/2017 2:17:00 PM PDT by kaehurowing
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