Actually, I believe he is the descendant of a black confederate. Or would you deny him his right to celebrate his ancestors.
BTW, no comment on Spooner yet? His anti-slavery and pro-equality credentials surpass those of Lincoln by a hundred miles. They also surpass those of the entire Republican Party in his era and probably 99% of his fellow abolitionists. There are few if any other people in the whole American history who devoted so much time and effort as did Spooner to achieving freedom for blacks. He knew what he was talking about better than any other man in his day, and he denounced Lincoln as a fraud.
Funny you should bring up Jews
Grant was also responsible for the issuance of the infamous "General Order No. 11," which expelled all Jews from Kentucky, Tennessee and Mississippi. Jews were accused of illegally trading in cotton that provided money for the South and Grant claimed that "the Israelites" were "an intolerable nuisance." Grant vs. Lee
Sherman himself certainly did not believe that "each man is as good as another." For example, in 1862 Sherman was bothered that "the country" was "swarming with dishonest Jews" (see Michael Fellman, Citizen Sherman, p. 153). He got his close friend, General Grant, to expel all Jews from his army. As Fellman writes, "On December 17, 1862, Grant . . . , like a medieval monarch . . . expelled ‘The Jews, as a class,’ from his department." Sherman biographer Fellman further writes that to Sherman, the Jews were "like n*****s" and "like greasers (Mexicans) or Indians" in that they were "classes or races permanently inferior to his own." How lincoln's Army liberated the Indians
They sure were tolerant north of the border eh?
General Orders, No. 11, was drawn up by Grant's chief of staff, Brig. Gen. John A. Rawlins. Issued on December 17, 1862, it read in full: "The Jews, as a class violating every regulation of trade established by the Treasury Department and also department [of the Tennessee] orders, are hereby expelled from the department within twenty-four hours from the receipt of this order.
"Post commanders will see that all of this class of people be furnished passes and required to leave, and any one returning after such notification will be arrested and held in confinement until an opportunity occurs of sending them out as prisoners, unless furnished with permit from headquarters.
"No passes will be given these people to visit headquarters for the purpose of making personal application for trade permits."
The sweeping document was signed: "By order of Maj. Gen. U.S. Grant."
Boy howdy that Grant, he sure knew how to treat them Jews didn't he? < /extreme sarcasm>
Notice the 'fine' way the thug criminal later to become President takes care of the 'Jewish problem'. Now I know you haven't heard of this order probably either, it's not covered in 4th grade history books