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Historical Facts You Weren't Told
We do not support slavery and this material is not to suggest that we do. It is simply to inform those who have been misled in regard to the Civil War.
1) The wife of which Civil War General still owned slaves after the end of the Civil War? General U.S. Grant of the Union or General Robert E. Lee of the Confederacy?
Answer: General U.S. Grant, later to become President, sought to sell his wife's two slaves while in an impoverished condition after the war. This was legal because, while the Emancipation Proclamation abolished slavery in states in rebellion on January 1, 1863, it was not outlawed in the rest of the Union until the passage of the 13 Amendment three years later on December 31, 1865.
2) Which country outlawed African slave trade in their original constitution? The United States of America or the Confederate States of America?
Answer: The Confederate States of America allowed the owning of slaves, however the importation of new African slaves was made illegal because they felt that it might cause the warring of African tribes against each other. The people captured in tribal conflicts were sold by the winning tribe to slave traders. The people of the South felt that the slave trade encouraged these bloody conflicts to continue. As compassionate as they were in coming to this conclusion and assuming responsibility in these bloody African conflicts, we see that they were mistaken as African tribal warfare continues to this very day.
3) Who said, "Any people anywhere, being inclined, and having the power, have the right to rise up and shake off the existing government, and form a new one that suits them better." Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States or Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederacy?
Answer: Abraham Lincoln, Jan. 12 1848 - spoken to the U.S. House of Representatives.
4)Who said, "I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery in the states where it exists. I believe I have no lawful right to do so, and I have no inclination to do so." Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States or Jefferson Davis, President , President of the Confederate States of America?
Answer: Abraham Lincoln - First Inaugural Address - March 4, 1861.
5) Who said, "If I thought this war was to abolish slavery, I would resign my commission and offer my sword to the other side" ?
Answer: General U.S. Grant 1862
6) What was the major emphasis of the Emancipation Proclamation?
Answer: The Emancipation Proclamation is 540 words long. of those, 400 words limit the proclamation to the states in rebellion - it defines the states in rebellion and states that it is directed ONLY to the states in rebellion. It further says that if those states in rebellion would cease and return to the union within 100 days then they would keep slavery intact.