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bluestateguy

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2. Lincoln's Emanciptation proclamation was a political calculation too

Reply to meegbear (Original post)

Thu May 10, 2012, 01:45 PM

May 2012

Only announced after the (partial) Union victory at Anteitam. And technically freed no slaves. It explicitly allowed slavery to continue in pro-Union states like Missouri and Kentucky.

The abolitionists never trusted Lincoln and needled him to no end for four years.

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As usual, the Rude Pundit gets it. In Chapel Hill, where I live (home of UNC-Chapel Hill) mnhtnbb May 2012 #1

Lincoln's Emanciptation proclamation was a political calculation too bluestateguy May 2012 #2

about 21% of registered voters in North Carolina voted to ban everything but man-on-woman marriage. DainBramaged May 2012 #3

I think it also outlaws all forms of copulation other than the "missionary" position. rhett o rick May 2012 #4