Reading is fundamental. Ill discuss continuing bigotry post war another time.
My point is that the south whines that Lincoln forced them to stay in the union against their will. And they forget they were forcing slaves to stay in the south against THEIR will. Exact same thing.
You are only proving my point, the south thought it was ok to enslave people. So where do they get off complaining when someone does it to them?
The moral arrogance of Northern apologists is breathtaking.
The North also believed in enslaving human beings. According to Wikipedia (I know, not the most reliable source) the first African slaves in New England were in Massachusetts. It remained legal up until 1865 although it died out due to economic reasons in the late 18th century.
“Massachusetts was the first colony in New England with slave ownership and was a center for the slave trade throughout the 17th and 18th centuries. No legislation was passed that abolished slavery until the Thirteenth Amendment in 1865 was ratified by the state. Technically it remained legal until the end of the Civil War, but as an institution largely died out in the late 18th Century through judicial actions litigated on behalf of slaves seeking manumission.” If New England had a cotton or rice crop slavery probably would have survived to the 20th Century.
New York had actual slavery until 1827, a mere 34 years before the war. They also had child labor for years after which is just another form of involuntary servitude. I guess that makes them morally superior to the cotton farmers in the South.
If you are implying someone must be “Simon pure” before they can exercise their rights you are dead wrong. If that were the case nobody would ever have rights.
Finally, from the New Testament: Matthew 7:5 King James Bible
“Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother’s eye.”