[Non-Sequitur]

WRONG ANSWER. the were tens of thousands of resident free blacks all over the southland throughout the antebellum period.

Right answer. There were, in fact, more free blacks in the Union states than there were in the confederate states. Plus the free black population in almost all Northern states was growing. I states like Alabama and Arkansas it actually declined between 1850 and 1860.

public attitude in the north was MUCH more hostile to freed blacks than it was in any southern state. furthermore, we southerns have NEVER been hostile to Jews, Roman Catholics & other minorities, as is STILL common up north.

Bull...manure.

[stand watie]

the damnyankee states are STILL hostile to JEWS right now. my business partner is female,Jewish, beautiful, educated & sophisticated.

when we go north, there are MANY places where she is NOT welcome in the NE. Boston for one.

sorry, but that's FACT.

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