re: How do you feel about Mississippi's "Confederate Heritage Month"?

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Wouldn’t the “anti slave” side free their own slaves BEFORE fighting a war to end slavery instead of continuing to allow slavery until after the war?

Again, why didn’t the north free their slaves?

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The South tried to secede before the amendment to abolish slavery was introduced. Thus there were bigger fish to fry at the time.

And looking back at the dates, slavery was abolished in January 1865, a few months before the end of the war. I think the whole idea that slaves were held longer in the North is overblown. Maybe you can provide some details. Most of the Northern states abolished it before the war.