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A fun read, though quite fanciful. I'll defer to posts about this on Civil War forums ( https://civilwartalk.com/threads/winston-churchill-if-lee-had-won-gettys
by DanAndersen 9y ago
A fun read, though quite fanciful. I'll defer to posts about this on Civil War forums ( https://civilwartalk.com/threads/winston-churchill-if-lee-had-won-gettysburg-he-would-have-freed-the-slaves.98318/ https://civilwartalk.com/threads/winston-churchill-if-lee-ha... ) where forumgoers find the idea that Lee would have ever been in a position to free the slaves somewhat ludicrous.
- ZeroGravitas 9y agoWouldn't Lee have fought for the North if his state didn't secede? So Lee might have, but if the South was likely to do so, they wouldn't have seceded in the first place. I'm also curious as to what exactly Churchill imagined for the southern slaves. He's a bit coy about it but certainly votes don't seem to be part of the plan.