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Wednesday, April 15, 2015

The Power of Lies

It is one of history’s ironies that the Lincoln Memorial is a sacred space for the Civil Rights Movement and the site of Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech

Lincoln did not think blacks were the equals of whites. Lincoln’s plan was to send the blacks in America back to Africa, and if he had not been assassinated, returning blacks to Africa would likely have been his post-war policy.

As Thomas DiLorenzo and a number of non-court historians have conclusively established, Lincoln did not invade the Confederacy in order to free the slaves. The Emancipation Proclamation did not occur until 1863 when opposition in the North to the war was rising despite Lincoln’s police state measures to silence opponents and newspapers. The Emancipation Proclamation was a war measure issued under Lincoln’s war powers. The proclamation provided for the emancipated slaves to be enrolled in the Union army replenishing its losses. It was also hoped that the proclamation would spread slave revolts in the South while southern white men were away at war and draw soldiers away from the fronts in order to protect their women and children. The intent was to hasten the defeat of the South before political opposition to Lincoln in the North grew stronger.

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4 comments:

Anonymous said...

This is the truth, it is too bad it is not taught in schools. Everyone thinks that Lincoln is the "Great Emancipator", but he was actually a big racist. Funny how blacks seem to just forget everything he said about the race.

Anonymous said...

American exceptionalism

Anonymous said...

This country would be much better if he had not been assassinated....

Just like JFK!

Anonymous said...

My kids, now grown, were taught the crap about Lincoln freeing the slaves. I had to teach them the truth. Pay attention to the crap they are shoving down your kids throats.