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   From: x@y.com   
      
   On Mon, 1 Jan 2024 13:12:52 -0800, in talk.politics.guns David Hartung   
    wrote:   
      
   >It freed the slaves in areas in the traitor states over which the Union   
   already   
   >had established control, plus in new traitor state territory over which they   
   >gained control before the end of the war.   
   >   
   >The Emancipation Proclamation freed slaves. Stop lying.   
      
   The Emancipation Proclamation, in and of itself, had no effect.  It   
   would be like Joe Biden issuing a directive that abortion shall be   
   legal in all states.   
      
   The fact is that, by 1860, slavery was on its way out worldwide.   
   Africa was having difficulty marketing their product.  Europe was   
   pressuring the US to end slavery... and refused to recognize the South   
   for that reason.  The Civil War made no difference to slavery; its   
   time was past.  Humanity (most of it, anyway) had evolved.   
      
   It is simplistic to say: "Slavery was the cause of the Civil War."   
      
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