[fortheDeclaration]

Well, since Lincoln tried to get the border slave states to take compensenation for their slaves, but they refused, they lost them anyway.

No one was going to keep any slaves after this war had finished.

[stand watie]

as usual, you are drinking the SELF-righteous damnyuankee kool-aide.

the PLAN was to KEEP northern slaves in perpetuity & only FREE southern slaves.

this turned out (THANKFULLY) to be "politically inexpedient" after the WBTS.

free dixie,sw