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To: fortheDeclaration
you keep mentioning slaves. how about the ones in the NORTH??? were they better off than the ones enslaved in the SOUTH????

FYI, about the SAME PERCENTAGE (5-6%)of yankees owned slaves as dixie folks.

free dixie,sw

189 posted on 04/26/2005 2:33:22 PM PDT by stand watie (being a damnyankee is no better than being a racist. it is a LEARNED prejudice against dixie.)
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To: stand watie
you keep mentioning slaves. how about the ones in the NORTH??? were they better off than the ones enslaved in the SOUTH???? FYI, about the SAME PERCENTAGE (5-6%)of yankees owned slaves as dixie folks.

The North did not go to war to have the right to expand slavery.

The North elected Lincoln and the Republicans to stop the growth of slavery.

Lincoln's name was not even allowed on the ballot box in the South (oh, those freedom loving Southerners!)

192 posted on 04/26/2005 2:37:25 PM PDT by fortheDeclaration (Gal. 4:16)
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