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To: HoosierHawk

No. It didn't free a single slave in the US. It only applied to "states in rebellion". The English ridiculed it as freeing the slaves where Lincoln didn't have power to enforce the act, and keeping the slaves in bondage where Lincoln had the power to free them.

Slaves in the Union remained slaves until the passage of the 13th, 14th, 15th Amendments during the Johnson administration.


32 posted on 02/09/2007 8:11:03 PM PST by Pelham (California, Mexico's HMO)
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To: Pelham
Slaves in the Union remained slaves until the passage of the 13th, 14th, 15th Amendments during the Johnson administration.

Why golly, you make it sound like President Johnson, a democrat, was the driving force behind implementing the 13th amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Is that really the true facts, or did somebody else do all the work?

Lincoln was murdered on Good Friday, April 14, 1865 (Yes, by a Democrat!).

The Thirteenth amendment was passed by Congress on January 31, 1865 - and President Lincoln and his administration was the primary driving force behind its passing.

21 of the needed 27 states had voted in favor of its ratification before President Lincoln was assassinated (Arkansas ratified it on April 14th).

The final six states (Conecticut May 4; New Hampshire June 1; South Carolina Nov 13; Alabama Dec 2; North Carolina Dec 4; and Georgia Dec 6) necessary passed the bill by December 6, 1865. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution#Ratification

So you are technically correct that the thirteenth amendment was not ratified until President Johnson's administration.

However, all of the work and the heavy lifting was done by REPUBLICAN President Lincoln; his REPUBLICAN cabinet; and the REPUBLICAN dominated HOUSE AND SENATE.

115 posted on 02/11/2007 3:10:07 PM PST by Pikachu_Dad
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