[i_robot73]

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And Abe didn’t end slavery; the state of Georgia did that when it became the 27th state to voluntarily ratify the 13th amendment on December 6, 1865 - well after President Lincoln passed away.
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Northern govt using armed occupation & force, aka Reconstruction (”If you DON’T vote for/do {X}, we’ll continue to occupy your State”) != voluntary (& thus should be void/null via duress)

[jeffersondem]

“Northern govt using armed occupation & force, aka Reconstruction (”If you DON’T vote for/do {X}, we’ll continue to occupy your State”) != voluntary (& thus should be void/null via duress)”

So you are saying consent obtained by coercion is not consent; and that is important because our nation was founded on the consent of the governed.

Good point.

[Verginius Rufus]

Abe Lincoln wasn't born in Illinois and didn't end slavery.

Likewise Shinzo Abe wasn't born in Illinois and didn't end slavery.