Re: What Happened to The 56 Men Who Signed the Declarationof Independence ?

[Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu]

On Fri, 06 Jul 2007 14:14:43 CDT, Brian Loe said:

> Next you'll tell me Lincoln didn't actually free all of the slaves!

Let's look at the actual text, shall we?

"That on the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and sixty-three, all persons held as slaves within any State or
designated part of a State, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion
against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free;

So he didn't free any slaves in those areas that weren't in rebellion, and
in the Confederate area, the proclamation was worthless as anything except
toilet paper, since they were in rebellion and not following anything Lincoln
might have proclaimed.

Now, as you were saying?

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