Emancipation, would undermine the Confederacy while also providing the Union with a new source of manpower to defeat the South.
Emancipation was to be gradual, it also didn’t apply to border slave states like Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky and Missouri.
It also exempted selected areas of the Confederacy under Union control as to gain the loyalty of white people in those states.
It didn’t immediately free a single enslaved person. The only places it applied to were Southern areas where the federal government had no control.
He also didn't think black people deserved the same rights as white people. He was a proponent for colonization. Matter of fact, he once said that his first instinct would be “to free all the slaves and send them to Liberia”
Lincoln advocated further for colonization by arguing that given the “differences” between the two races, and the hostile attitudes of white people towards Black people, it would be better for both to keep the races separated.
He also opposed black people having the right to vote, hold office, or intermarry with whites, saying “I will say then that I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white and black races.”
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You would go apeshit if I disparaged Melania Trump of posing nude and said that wasn’t tasteful, classy, or befitting a First Lady, but you are ok with people disparaging the impending FLOTUS her title that she damn well earned?
BTW, @MichelleVaitkus, the term “doctor” derives from the Latin word for "teacher" and originally referred to a small group of theologians who had approval from the Church to speak on religious matters, and later being used to refer to qualified academic professionals.
And even later that THAT became popular to describe medical professionals.
So, @MichelleVaitkus, you can sit down and shut up. Perhaps stick to things you know, like frying your man some chicken in your double wide.
I laugh when someone says they prefer Trump over Obama in regards to jobs and economy.
Annual economic output under Trump was 2.5%, compared to 2.4% under Obama.
Economic growth under Trump was barely above both Obama and Bush before the pandemic.
The last three years of President Obama’s administration saw an increase of 8.1 million jobs and a 2 percentage-point drop in the overall unemployment rate.
Under Trump, the number of jobs increased by 6.55 million in his first three years, and unemployment dropped by 0.7%
Unemployment reached a half-century low earlier in 2020, but it spiked to historic levels during the pandemic. It has fallen, but it is still almost as high as when Obama took office.
Trump's unemployment percentages would've been similar to Obama's without the pandemic.
Really? Because @JoeBiden has actually had one of the most consistent records in Washington, from his time as a Senator through his time as VP. I challenge you to come up with something to challenge these points other than a catchy phrase.
Biden agrees with Trump that China is breaking international trade rules, unfairly subsidizing Chinese companies, and discriminating against U.S. firms and stealing intellectual property.
Tell me why you think that's wrong.
While we all know China is a problem, Trump's tariffs erratic and self-defeating, we need targeted retaliation against China using existing trade laws and building a united front of allies.
Give me one good, unbiased reason this is a bad thing in your opinion.
400 years ago white people brought black people here, enslaved them & sold them, treated them as less than human for 250 years, while white men built the country and created its laws and its systems of government.
10-15 generations of white families got to grow and flourish and make choices that could make their lives better.
Then 150 years ago white people "freed" black people from slavery. But then angry white people created laws that made it impossible for them to vote.
Or to own land.
Or to have the same rights as white people.
They even erected monuments glorifying people who actively fought to keep them enslaved. All while another 5-10 generations of white families got to grow and accumulate wealth and gain land and get an education.
In Boston, during a verbal dispute, an unarmed teenage boy was forcefully hit in the head with the butt of a weapon by local law enforcement.
Word of the incident spread quickly, and a large number of locals gathered in the street where the incident had happened to protest almost immediately.
As the crowd grew, angry protesters shouted slogans; some business owners, fearing property damage, shut their doors.
The local authorities called for uniformed backup; backup came, well-armed.
The assembly was deemed "unlawful," and the crowd was ordered to disperse. The protesters began to throw dirt clods in response.