Basically, the argument is that the North's support of emancipation was a smokescreen of setting an example of a government waging war against it's own citizens that don't wish to support them.
They have a point, especially since the American civil war WASN'T required. Why? Because the British set the example before where they simply reimbursed the owners for the slaves, freed them when they were under their ownership and then outlawed it. Then had a naval squadron to stop future slaves being brought in.
It's kind of hard to argue that it was at all required if buying off the slave owners wasn't just an option but an example that worked.
Thank you for the correction. I think many people thought they would go to Africa. Lincoln had the fortune, from a historical perspective, of dying before most of the consequences of his policies came to fruition. Clearly, the plan didn't work. Who's to say if Lincoln's presence would have made any difference.
And I should clarify that in the South they were freed without provision.
Basically, the argument is that the North's support of emancipation was a smokescreen of setting an example of a government waging war against it's own citizens that don't wish to support them.
They have a point, especially since the American civil war WASN'T required. Why? Because the British set the example before where they simply reimbursed the owners for the slaves, freed them when they were under their ownership and then outlawed it. Then had a naval squadron to stop future slaves being brought in.
It's kind of hard to argue that it was at all required if buying off the slave owners wasn't just an option but an example that worked.
The int'l slave trade was already banned in the US at the time of the Civil War. They wouldn't have needed any additional interdiction.
Lincoln freed the motherfuckers without any plan.
Lincoln's plan was to ship them to Liberia. It would have been great.
Thank you for the correction. I think many people thought they would go to Africa. Lincoln had the fortune, from a historical perspective, of dying before most of the consequences of his policies came to fruition. Clearly, the plan didn't work. Who's to say if Lincoln's presence would have made any difference.
And I should clarify that in the South they were freed without provision.