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AnotherGuy,

Yes, I have. The Emancipation Proclamation did not abolish slavery. It freed a number of slaves within the parts of the Confederacy that were conquered betweeen 1863 and 1865, but left many other slaves in bondage, and never claimed to do anything like abolishing the institution of slavery.

I have read several histories of both American slavery and the Civil War; last I checked, slavery in the United States was abolished by the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution. And last time I checked the Constitution, amendments were ratified by the Congress and the several states, not by Presidential edict.

AnotherGuy: “Is Lincoln just another one of those evil, oppressive white males in your little brain?”

Anonymous: “Apparently, Lincoln is to be faulted because he is not perfect, like the lefties of today.”

Headless Unicorn Guy: “Because Gods Can Do No Wrong”

None of these remarks have anything to do with anything that I said above. All I did was complain that it’s not historically accurate to present the abolition of slavery as the work of a single politician. Please try to respond to what I actually said, rather than to the lively debate that you’ve created in your own head.