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Originally Posted by brobuzzz
You will notice that the states of Missouri, Kentucky, Delaware, Maryland, Tennesee, and the "slave-eligible" territories of New Mexico, Utah, Nebraska, and Kansas were not mentioned, and the emancipation proclimation did not apply to them.
You must now ask yourself, 1) Why would lincoln not "free" the slaves in those states? and 2) If Lincoln was willing to allow slavery in order to maintain the Union, and the CSA was rebelling to maintain slavery, why would the rebelling nation not simply return right then and there under the stipulation that slavery was allowed?
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lincoln didn't free the slaves - i know that - the 13th amendment to the Constitution freed the slaves. He did what any good politician would do - he turned the tide of popular opinion in his favor and made the CSA seem to be the slavemongers.
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Originally Posted by brobuzzz
Lincoln knew that once Britain entered the war, the US Naval blockades of the South would be useless, allowing the Confederacy to easily resuply themselves. He also knew that the British people would never fight for slavery, as they did not beleive in it. He also knew that after his "proclimation" the federal army would be seen as fighting to free the slaves, and the Confederacy would therefor be seen as fighting to maintain slavery (this did happen, and there were mass race riots in New York City because of it, during which hundreds of black men were hung from street lamps. Of course, in the North, people of all colors were "treated equally")
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No one ever said that the North was all about equality - heck, some would argue that the biggest racists in the US are not in the South, where you know where you stand almost instantly, but in the North where they smile in your face and call you names behind your back.
Couple all this with the fact that most textbooks are published in New York, and you get this widespread misconception that not only was the Confederacy founded on the idea of slavery, but also that the confederate battle flag is a symbol for the oppression of anyone.
In reality, the Confederacy was founded to fight the tyrannical oppression of the Northern states on the Southern, less developed states.[/QUOTE]
Lastly, as to your webpage - heck, just as you can find sites that will bolster your arguement - and good for you that you did, so can I.
Let's get off of this and get back to the task at hand - the flying of the Conferedate Battle Flag drives people crazy - I don't care how you slice it, people do it to cause a reaction in others, nothing more. If people were really about Southern heritage and the history of the CSA, then they, like Shinerbock and others, would fly Bonnie Blue.