[Paige]

The North was as guilty of slave owning themselves. BTW, Slaves ownership was still very prevalent in the North after the Emancipation Proclamation. The Northerners were nothing more then Hypocrites. They were as guilty of the slave trade as was some Southerners. I find people such as yourself very difficult to have a discussion with when you won't adhere to all the facts involved in this particular matter. In other words, picking and choosing history to support some agenda you have is utterly ridiculous.

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The North was as guilty of slave owning themselves. BTW, Slaves ownership was still very prevalent in the North after the Emancipation Proclamation.

In what Northern state was slave owning prevalent?

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BTW, Slaves ownership was still very prevalent in the North after the Emancipation Proclamation.

Not as prevalent as in the south.

[justshutupandtakeit]

There were no slaves in the "North" at the time of the War. Border states were not considered the "North." Now in earlier times there certainly were lots of slaves and parts of NY state had as high or higher concentrations as any state. Northern business interests had plenty of connections to the earlier slave trade including shippers, bankers, even overseers. Northerners often hated blacks maybe even more than most slave owners. But none of that mattered since those states (Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, California, Oregon, Washington) had all outlawed slavery. And that infuriated the Slavers.

However, none of that is relevant to the issue of protecting the Union or destroying it for the sake of slavery. Except for the Democrats the North held protecting and maintaining the Union in the highest priority while the South was duped into valuing slavery more than their Country.

I do not cherry pick history to support my points there is no reason to do so since the facts are on my side. It is not my fault if you don't know it as is illustrated by your typical defense of these traitors. "They were all guilty" is not a valid argument particularly when you are trying to equate 1750 Northerners with those of 1860. And you are under the curious delusion that those who could hate Blacks could not also hate Slavery.

As regards the Emancipation Proclamation Lincoln had no authority to ban slavery in the Border States (the only places in the Union there was still slavery) thus its applicability only to the areas in Rebellion was perfectly justified.