Freeing the slaves in the south in the 1860's would be cutting the south's economic throat.  

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>Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2008 23:18:25 -0400
>From: ksalkin <[log in to unmask]>  
>Subject: Re: I'm wondering about the dividing line...  
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>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
>
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>ken barber
>Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2008 10:59 PM
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>Subject: Re: I'm wondering about the dividing line...
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>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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