To: HostileTerritory
because Jefferson Davis insisted on the right to own slaves until the very end.Yea, but so did General Grant, and he also wanted to end the war, but he never actually set his free, the end of the war did that.
48 posted on
04/05/2005 2:24:48 PM PDT by
Sonny M
("oderint dum metuant")
To: Sonny M; HostileTerritory
Yea, but so did General Grant, and he also wanted to end the war, but he never actually set his free, the end of the war did that. Inaccurate. See Did Grant own Slaves?
51 posted on
04/05/2005 3:08:51 PM PDT by
Ditto
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To: Sonny M
Jefferson Davis insisted on the right of Confederates to own slaves as a condition for ending the war.
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