The Emancipation Proclamation was not meant to end slavery but rather to hurt the Confederacy.
The Emancipation Proclamation was not meant to end slavery but rather to hurt the Confederacy.
It only affected the CSA. So basically Lyin' Abe said slaves were freed in a country he had no control over. No one mentions the fact that there were slaves in the North or that Grant owned 129 slaves long after the war ended.
It only affected the CSA. So basically Lyin' Abe said slaves were freed in a country he had no control over. No one mentions the fact that there were slaves in the North or that Grant owned 129 slaves long after the war ended.
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