re: New Civil War Movie: Field of Lost Shoes (2014)

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Im saying the north would have agreed to let slavery keep going early on if the south conceded on everything else.

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Most certainly. Lincoln announced his Emancipation Proclamation in September 1862, but also announced it wouldn't go into effect until January 1, 1863. Basically what Lincoln was doing was giving the South an ultimatum. You either come back into the Union now or on January 1 we will declare total war on you. He gave the South an opportunity to end the war, come back into the Union, and keep their slaves.