[Svartalfiar]

The Union prohibited transatlantic slave trade in 1807. And had prohibited slavery within Northern states even earlier.

No, they didn't. Some states prohibited slavery, but there were still several slaves kept in the north until after the war. Even Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation didn't affect slaves in the north - it ONLY 'applied' to Confederate states (over which he had no power) because he was trying to incite mini-riots in Confederate states. He didn't free any slaves in the north, where he actually had the power to do so. Funny, right?

[rockrr]

He didn't free any slaves in the north, where he actually had the power to do so.

Wrong. Lincoln recognized that it was up to Congress to resolve the slavery issue.

Funny, right?

No.

[DiogenesLamp]

He didn't free any slaves in the north, where he actually had the power to do so. Funny, right?

Cold blooded and cynical.