re: Maine Governor makes a fool of himself: ‘John Lewis Ought To Look At History’

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Are the hundreds of thousands of northern white boys whose bones lie under the dirt of eastern America not worthy of a thank you from the people they freed?

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Although their efforts certainly freed slaves, it was not their intent. Even the EP did not free slaves in the North. It was a plot to weaken the south. Hence freeing slaves only in the confederacy (where they had no jurisdiction at the time).

I'm no confederate sympathizer or anything. Just hate those who think the north was so compassionate towards slaves. They were not a fan of slavery but still saw blacks as unequal. Lincoln even stated he believedid they weren't equals to whites.

There was a fundamental disagreement on slavery. Not on racial equality. Not in the least.