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Nit: the Emancipation Proclamation only freed slaves in states rebelling against the union. Slavery was perfectly legal in Kentucky until December 18, 1865.
by dehrmann 5y ago
Nit: the Emancipation Proclamation only freed slaves in states rebelling against the union. Slavery was perfectly legal in Kentucky until December 18, 1865.
- ternaryoperator 5y agoThat is just a nit, as you say. The point is that the Supreme Court had nothing to do with ending the slave trade.
- Gibbon1 5y agoDuring and after civil war the Supreme Court was problematic and the Republicans solved the problem in part by packing it.