Joe, claiming to be a Southerner, doesn’t know what the Emancipation Proclamation is and said<\/p>\n
The only slaves freed were those in States in rebellion – it didn’t apply to Union States like Delaware and New Jersey – I think the National Archives Is a pretty authoritative source.<\/p>\n
http:\/\/www.archives.gov\/exhibits\/featured_documents\/emancipation_proclamation\/<\/p>\n
It also did not “end slavery” – the President doesn’t have the power to create laws by writing proclamations – Barack Obama cannot write an assault weapon proclamation and free guns from their owners.<\/p>\n
It also didn’t make everyone “free” – women continued to be their husband’s property and didn’t get the right to vote for another 50 years<\/p>\n
Many Southern Plantation owners had loans from Northern banks, with their slaves as collateral – by ending slaver, that gave the Northern banks the pretext to foreclose and seize the property.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Joe, claiming to be a Southerner, doesn’t know what the Emancipation Proclamation is and said The only slaves freed were those in States in rebellion – it didn’t apply to Union States like Delaware and New Jersey – I think … Continue reading