Posted on 11/12/2026 6:50:34 AM PST by lowbridge
On Veterans Day, ABC's Sunny Hostin sparked controversy by arguing that enslaved Americans largely emancipated themselves rather than crediting Abraham Lincoln and the Union's victory in the Civil War.
"The slaves basically emancipated themselves because they wanted freedom and they fought for their freedom," Hostin said.
Enslaved Americans absolutely resisted slavery, escaped captivity and fought for their freedom. Their contributions deserve recognition.
But the historical record also establishes:
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You totally ignore the written record of Lincoln’s many speeches in the years leading to his presidency in which he said that slavery should not be.
However, he thought that slavery should not be outlawed, but “the peculiar institution” be allowed to come to an end naturally. He thought that the economics of mass slavery were such that it would be abandoned withing twenty years of 1860.
And BrexitBen is a freaking moron who knows nothing about Abraham Lincoln.
If you want made up fake history, Thomas DiLorenzo is your man.
If you want made up fake history, Thomas DiLorenzo is your man.
ROTFLMO. That’s funny as hell.
Sonny is about the dumbest Afrikan American that I’ve ever seen. A total retard.
Great point. It’s like all the retarded illegal aliens claiming that they built America. ROTFL. All that Chips and Salsa they’ve brought to America has the Gringos spending all of their work time in the outhouses.
Isn’t this the dame whose husband was charged with fraud or some other malfeasance?
What ever became of that, or was the race card played and he walked....?
Wonder how many babies she has killed in her lifetime?
Black power, white supervision.
We wuz kangz and s#iet!
A person always wonders how Hitler deceived much of a nation with his evil thinking.
Then I see a comment like hers and I sigh.
Then get angry .
The deliberate obliteration of history is a plan, and evil.
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