To: TheDon
There were many in the South who advocated freeing the slaves before seceding. Regardless, war was inevitable.
To: sheltonmac
Too bad they didn't, it would have removed the need for the slave owners to rebel. Of course, that is the reason they didn't free their slaves before they attempted to leave the Union.
63 posted on
07/01/2003 11:18:24 AM PDT by
TheDon
( It is as difficult to provoke the United States as it is to survive its eventual and tardy response)
To: sheltonmac
"There were many in the South who advocated freeing the slaves before seceding." Many? How many is "many'? I only recall one who said that after the war, not in 1860. Advocating abolition could get you killed in many areas of the south back then.
98 posted on
07/02/2003 7:23:57 AM PDT by
Ditto
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