President Abraham Lincoln’s executive order proclaiming the freedom of all slaves held in rebel states goes into effect, signaling an ideological change in the Union’s reasons for fighting the Civil War
One month after the qualified Union victory in the Battle of Antietam, Lincoln issued a preliminary proclamation warning that in all states still in rebellion on January 1, 1863, he would declare their slaves “then, thenceforward, and forever free.” January 1 came, and with it the final proclamation, which committed the government and armed forces of the United States to liberate the slaves in rebel states “as an act of justice, warranted by the Constitution, upon military necessity.”…
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Lincoln was one of the good guys.
But not always for the best of motives !
When the excellent dude Carlin hit the mainstream, Dave.
Some might disagree:
Paul.
I knew you’d get the reference mate.
I wonder what Lincoln would make of the current leadership of the Republican Party.