Generals Sherman & Grant (among other northerners) owned slaves. Grant held on to his until after the Civil War when the 13th Amendment became effective. The Emancipation Proclamation only freed slaves in the South. Delaware only ratified the 13th Amendment after 1900. It is inappropriate to judge the past by today’s morality.
Half true. Sherman never owned a slave. Grant freed his sole slave before the war.
Grant held on to his until after the Civil War when the 13th Amendment became effective.
Incorrect. Even had Grant owned a slave during the war, by January 1865 he didn't live anywhere where owning a slave was legal since Missouri ended slavery at that time. The fact is that the slaves used by Mrs. Grant were owned by her father and had been emancipated early in 1863.
The Emancipation Proclamation only freed slaves in the South.
Correct. And?
Delaware only ratified the 13th Amendment after 1900.
That didn't stop slavery from being illegal as of December 1865.
It is inappropriate to judge the past by today’s morality.
And yet people try.