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Event brings home true meaning of Jubilee Day (NAACP leaders on the Emancipation Proclamation)
Rock Hill Herald ^ | Jan. 02, 2009 | Toya Graham

Posted on 01/02/2009 8:15:20 AM PST by Between the Lines

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To: CondorFlight
"he had promised God that he would free the slaves the slaves in the rebellious South but not in the North"

Now it's more accurate.

21 posted on 01/03/2009 6:15:09 AM PST by webstersII
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To: MissEdie
You need to be careful of the KKK/Nazi propaganda and read some actual histories as well. It is true that atrocities happened in the Civil War on both sides. That is the nature of war, especially a civil war. That fact does not retroactively justify slavery or secession.
22 posted on 01/03/2009 8:44:55 AM PST by iowamark
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