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In honor of Juneteenth, let’s clear up a few myths about Abraham Lincoln.
1. He DID NOT “FREE THE SLAVES.” Lincoln only freed enslaved ppl in confederate territories per the attcjd excerpt. Left enslaved were our ancestors in Missouri/Kentucky/Maryland/Delaware/select areas. 1/6
1. He DID NOT “FREE THE SLAVES.” Lincoln only freed enslaved ppl in confederate territories per the attcjd excerpt. Left enslaved were our ancestors in Missouri/Kentucky/Maryland/Delaware/select areas. 1/6
2. HIS MOTIVES WERE NOT PURE. Lincoln freed confederate enslaved ppl purely as a war tactic to deplete the South's labor, affect their morale, etc. He'd issued a pre-emancipation proclamation on 9/22/1862 threatening the emancipation of our
2/6 https://www.archives.gov/exhibits/american_originals_iv/sections/preliminary_emancipation_proclamation.html
2/6 https://www.archives.gov/exhibits/american_originals_iv/sections/preliminary_emancipation_proclamation.html
ancestors if the confederacy did not rejoin the Union. When they did not, & the emancipation proclamation went effect 1/1/1863. Lincoln *specifically stated* if he cld have kept the union together w/o freeing a single slave he wld have.
3/6 https://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=mal&fileName=mal2/423/4233400/malpage.db&recNum=0
3/6 https://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=mal&fileName=mal2/423/4233400/malpage.db&recNum=0
3. HE WAS A RACIST.
-“I will say then that I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white and black races. . . “
-“I am not nor ever have been in favor of making voters or jurors of 4/6 https://www.nps.gov/liho/learn/historyculture/debate4.htm
-“I will say then that I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white and black races. . . “
-“I am not nor ever have been in favor of making voters or jurors of 4/6 https://www.nps.gov/liho/learn/historyculture/debate4.htm
negroes, nor of qualifying them to hold office, nor to intermarry with white people.”
-“I have never seen, to my knowledge, a man, woman or child who was in favor of producing a perfect equality, social and political, between negroes and white men.” 5/6 https://www.nps.gov/liho/learn/historyculture/debate4.htm
-“I have never seen, to my knowledge, a man, woman or child who was in favor of producing a perfect equality, social and political, between negroes and white men.” 5/6 https://www.nps.gov/liho/learn/historyculture/debate4.htm
4. HE FEARED RETRIBUTION/IMPLIED WE WERE LAZY. Lincoln warned our freed ancestors against violence, & had the *fucking nerve* to “recommend” that they work. He said this to a people who had been working *244 years* w/o receiving a thin dime in compensation. Boy, fuck you. 6/6
RESOURCES.
1. Lerone Bennett Jr.’s “Force Into Glory,” is an exceptional book on Abraham Lincoln.
2. Here is the full text of the emancipation proclamation.
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4h1549t.html
3. Slavery officially ended with the ratification of the 13th Amendment on December 6, 1865.
1. Lerone Bennett Jr.’s “Force Into Glory,” is an exceptional book on Abraham Lincoln.
2. Here is the full text of the emancipation proclamation.
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4h1549t.html
3. Slavery officially ended with the ratification of the 13th Amendment on December 6, 1865.
