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To: Ditto
DiLIErenzo is an absolute grand master of the out-of-context quote.

And the made up information. His claim that after the first 7 states seceded there were more slaves in the U.S. than in the confederacy is patent bullsh*t. The seven original confederate states had almost 59% of the slave population.

15 posted on 05/08/2003 10:17:30 AM PDT by Non-Sequitur
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To: Non-Sequitur
His claim that after the first 7 states seceded there were more slaves in the U.S. than in the confederacy is patent bullsh*t. The seven original confederate states had almost 59% of the slave population.

Good point. I figured it was at least 50%.

And how about this from Dr. D.

There were more slaves in the Union than out of it, and Lincoln had no plans to free any of them.

What he doesn't explain is exactly how Lincoln could have freed any of them. He intentionally leaves the impression that Lincoln could have waved his hand and freed the slaves if he had only wanted to. Even the rabid Lincoln-hater, Dr. D must understand that it required a Constitutional amendment for the Union to end slavery. Then again, judging from his overall level of "scholarship", maybe he doesn't know that.

16 posted on 05/08/2003 10:43:20 AM PDT by Ditto (You are free to form your own opinions, but not your own facts.)
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