Can you give me your sources on this, Ken?
(I'm sure Mr. Lincoln's primary focus was on saving the Union but I'm also
pretty certain freeing the slaves was important to him or else he wouldn't
have issued the Proclamation of Emancipation.)
Kat
-----Original Message-----
From: Cerebral Palsy List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
ken barber
Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2008 10:59 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: I'm wondering about the dividing line...
aside from the percentages there are other things that
are undeniable that would indicate that freeing the
slaves did not take great precedence with mr. lincoln.
--- Deri James <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> On Wednesday 09 April 2008 05:38:16 ken barber
> wrote:
> > states rights started to end with the "civil war."
> > that is really what the war was about. the concept
> > that the feds were a servant to the states and if
> the
> > servant did not serve the states the states could
> fire
> > the feds by come out of the union.
> > slavery? not the real issue. only 4 % of people
> > (including U.S. GRANT) were wealthy enough to own
> > slaves. it is inconcievable that 96 % would fight
> for
> > something that would not benefit them. just goes
> > against human nature. does not compute. but the
> winner
> > gets to write history.
> > the states have very little rights now.
>
> The 4% figure you quote is based on the whole of
> "The South" if you "...
> consider the seven states of the lower South in the
> precise order of their
> secession from the Union: South Carolina with 48.7
> percent of the white
> families owning slaves; Mississippi with 48 percent;
> Florida with 36 percent;
> Alabama with 35.1 percent; Georgia with 38 percent;
> Louisiana with 32.2
> percent; and Texas with 28.5 percent."
>
> Very interesting article titled " Historians and the
> extent of slave ownership
> in the Southern United States. By Otto H. Olsen"
> describing how this over
> emphasis on the "narrowness" of slave ownership came
> about. (I know you like
> proper history articles Ken).
>
>
<http://www.southernhistory.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=articl
e&sid=9406&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0>
>
> Cheers
>
> Deri
>
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