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To: Bull Snipe

It’s interesting, that the Proclamation “freed” all the slaves in States the Union had no control over, but left existing slavery totally alone in the States the Yankees controlled and in which they could actually do something about.


2 posted on 09/22/2020 5:53:20 AM PDT by oldplayer
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To: oldplayer
Actually, the Union did hold some territory in Confederate lands that this applied to.


3 posted on 09/22/2020 5:58:49 AM PDT by Alas Babylon! (The only thing worse than COVID-19 is Biden-20!)
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