[Non-Sequitur]

Of course it's nonsense. But it's true, nonetheless.

You're overlooking the fact that slavery was abolished in the District of Columbia on April 16, 1862, almost exactly three years before Lincoln was murdered. How could the White House be staffed with slaves when owning them was illegal?

[F.J. Mitchell]

"How could the White House be staffed with slaves when owning them was illegal?"

THe entire Federal Government to this day, exempts itself from the rules it forces the rest of us to submit to-hadn't you noticed?

[maestro]

[.......How could the White House be staffed with slaves when owning them was illegal?.......]

Maybe, it was staffed by 'illegal'...ex-slaves with false 'green cards'?

/sarcasm