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From: "Amelia" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Well, the Southern states were not the only states where the
> institution of slavery was practiced. I believe all states
> had it prior to TWBTS, some a few years back from that
> time/event.
No, that is wrong. Free states admitted under the Missori Compromise never allowed
slavery within their
borders...
And those northern states that had at one time had slavery had outlawed it long before
the war. Also, in
northern states slavery had been utilized in a much different manner than in the
south...in the north, a slave
could redeem him or herself, either by buying their freedom (if they were lucky enough
to be able to save
enough), or by serving as a slave for a set period of time; I believe this varied from
state to state, but was
usually from 7 to 12 years. At the end of their term of service, the slave was ruled
to have redeemed his or
her worth and was then set free.
In many northern states, slave owners were also required to pay their slaves wages,
albeit much lower wages
than required of a free man or woman...
> They cleverly sold theirs into the South just
> prior to the outbreak of the war. Some gave them letters of
> freedom but many just "dumped" them right before the
> outbreak of conflict.
This makes absolutely no sense whatsoever. If these imaginary northern slaveowners
gave their slaves letters
of freedom, that can hardly be considered 'dumping' them. And if these imaginary
slaves had letters of
freedom, how could they be sold into slavery in the south?
> Also, remember the Emmmancipation
> Proclamation was not signed until 1864, after a state of
> general starvation existed in the South. Then the slaves
> were freed with no way to feed themselves, etc. other than
> trying to take from people who were already starving.
So you wish us to believe that prior to the Emancipation Proclamation, all those
starving white massas gladly
gave up what little food they had to their black slaves?
I hardly think so!
And the freed black slaves had as much, or little, opportunity to feed themselves in
the same manner their
ex-masters did...
> This
> was careful timing to ensure maximum harm being done to all
> parties. Slavery is certainly a crime against humanity but
> all parties here were guilty of practicing it. So have many
> "civilizations" such as Egyptian, et al.
So do the Kuwaitis today...doesn't make it right...
June
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