[groanup]

The difference between the North and South of that period was that even if the Northerner did not love the black man, he did not think he had a right to live of of his labor.

Then why did New Yorkers (the last I checked this was a very northern state) riot when Lincoln (the racist) issue the Emancipation Proclamation?

[fortheDeclaration]

The difference between the North and South of that period was that even if the Northerner did not love the black man, he did not think he had a right to live of of his labor. Then why did New Yorkers (the last I checked this was a very northern state) riot when Lincoln (the racist) issue the Emancipation Proclamation

Did they riot so they could own slaves?

They rioted because they did not want to be drafted.

They had no love for the black man who they saw as competition in the labor market.