As an African American historian, reenactor, and descendant from two Virginia Slave families I am more than aware of the complete history of American slavery. I currently reside in the middle of the historical roots of my family in Virginia; from King and Queen and Southampton counties to be exact. I am also a former resident of the glorious state of SC and quite knowledgeable of John C. Calhoun as well.......
“Slavery as an institution was never limited to the Southern states. Every state in the Union had the institution of slavery within its borders under Constitutional law. Even the so-called Border States, which were states loyal to the Union and thus were Union states, kept slavery as an institution. These Union states and the Confederate state of Tennessee (somehow carefully excluded from the Emancipation Proclamation) remained slave states under Federal law for eight months after the South surrendered and slavery ceased to exist there.
One irony is that in the Union slave states of Maryland, Delaware, and Kentucky Lincoln occupied them with Federal troops to prevent them from seceding but did not interfere with slavery in those states during his lifetime. Wall Street in New York was one of the BIGGEST slave markets of its day. The very first colony to legalize slavery was Massachusetts. Slavery was a very profitable industry backed by Northern finances. During the mid to late 1700’s tens of thousands of slave ships landed in Massachusetts. Rhode Island and New York later became leaders in the slave industry respectively.”
http://www.confederateamericanpride.com/thoughts.html
Occupied? More bullshit.
Wall Street in New York was one of the BIGGEST slave markets of its day.
And which were replaced by Charleston. And Richmond. And Memphis. And New Orleans.