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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.

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.

[WayneS]

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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. Occupied? More bullshit.

"more bullshit", eh?

Can you back up your assertion with facts?

The fact is, federal troops were used to prevent the Kentucky legislature from meeting to vote on secession. The fact is, the Maryland legislature was prevented from meeting to vote on secession; as was the legislature in Delaware. The fact is, the later Emancipation Proclamation did not free one slave in Maryland, Delaware, Kentucky or Washington, DC.

If you're going to use such scintillatingly intellegent argument method as shouting "Bullshit" when someone says something you do not want to hear, you should at least be prepared to follow it up with some facts of your own.