[Leesylvanian]

I was talking about those upright Northerners who made their profit from building slave ships, selling and trading slaves, using raw materials gleaned from slave labor for use in their factories, etc.

[Aurelius]

I am overwhelmed by the profundity of the arguments, the precision of the logic, and the depth of knowledge and understanding of history, of those who have come forth to defend that great American, Abraham Lincoln, on this thread.