[Susannah]

"Except for a few whiny minutes from the black female "historian" cited in the OREGON MAGAZINE article above. "~Ronly Bonly Jones

I taped the Civil War series. It's the best documentary I've seen on the Civil War. And, I did notice the black female historian's comments played between the actual viewings and narrative. She was, IMO, inferring that Lincoln did little or nothing for blacks.

[Grand Old Partisan]

Yeah, the whiny black woman was the worst part of the program. Lincoln critics completely miss the complete lack of rancor in his speeches and statements during the Civil War. How easy it would have been for him to whip up northern hatred for the southern rebels!

One of my favorite Lincoln stories is when he visited Richmond in April 1865. Black people there who recognized him got down on their knees, but the President said sternly: "No, don't kneel to me. You must only kneel to your Father in Heaven and thank him for the freedon you will hereafter enjoy. An old black man then removed his hat and bowed to the President. Abraham Lincoln then removed his own hat and bowed in return.

THAT, my neo-Confederate friends, was "The Real Lincoln".

[Ronly Bonly Jones]

She was, IMO, inferring that Lincoln did little or nothing for blacks. >>

Of course not. Lincoln was a Republican, like all Republicans, he was a Klansman and a Nazi and a Christian Fundamentalist who wants to take away everyone's rights.

She has everything in common, IMHO, with our neoconfederate ranters on FR, IMHO.