[alexander_busek]

I believe Lincoln did add a slave state to the Union after the Emancipation Proclamation.

You (jeffersondem) are speaking of Tennessee, which was re-admitted to the Union on Jan. 01, 1865 (while the Civil War still raged), after Tennessee had abolished slavery in its State Constitution.

jeffersondem: You are obfuscating!

Regards,

[FLT-bird]

No he’s not. He’s talking about West Virginia which was admitted as a state that still allowed slavery during the war.