That's a fact. And they were the first to enslave Africans. If memory serves, when the War Between The States broke out, it had only been about 15 years since the last New York slave had been freed.
FYI,the first indentured blacks were brought to America by the Puritans in the 1600's.
Lincoln id not free the Nothern slaves.
There were many different battle flags.
Dixie is derived from the French word for the their money known as the Dix bill.
Checked the Mobile census for 1860 and 32 blacks owned slaves.
One black in Miss.owned 400 slaves.
Not by a long shot - the first slaves were brought here by the Spainards to work in the sugar fields after the Indians died off from European diseases. The Yankees were certainly not the first to enslave Africans - not by several hundred years.
The South ALWAYS had a much higher percentage of slave owners than the North.
You mention that NY didn't free their slaves until 15 years before the Civil War - yes, but at least NY DID free their slaves. The South only did becasue they lost the war.
I thought re-writing history was only a liberal ploy.
And there were still slaves in New Jersey.