Slavery was on the way out anyway. The war was not about that, the war was about the states rights and desired independence from big government control. General Robert E Lee freed his slaves during the war which were inherited not bought. General Grant and President Lincoln continued to own and use their slaves even after the war was over. The Emancipation Proclamation only freed the slaves of the Confederacy.Ok now I see where you are coming from, thanks for explaining what the Confederate flag symbolizes.
I bet you also didn't know that President Lincoln's plan was to ship all the slaves back to Liberia because he said the white people and the black people would never be able to coexist together. Originally Posted by capitan1962
Another question, are you glad the North won the war? What do you think would be different if the South won the war?
You also claim the South wanted independence from big government, but what did the north want? If I remember correctly didn't Lincoln want to preserve the union? So did the north want to keep big government?
