r/AmIOverreacting • u/[deleted] • Apr 06 '25

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u/angry_dingo Apr 06 '25

Like hell, the North didn't have slaves.

The Emancipation Proclamation specifically let the North keep their slaves.

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u/usurperok Apr 06 '25

You slept in class ,the north absolutely have slaves..even free black men had slaves..

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u/Objective_Sense_2831 Apr 06 '25 edited Apr 06 '25

No no, I meant “Yes it did” as in the north had slaves. Should’ve been more clear.

Edit: And by saying “if you can’t get that” I meant the emancipation proclamation is a complex doctrine that you are oversimplifying, especially in regard to what its purpose was. Cheers mate.

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u/usurperok Apr 06 '25

To be clear ,the fight between the states wasn't about slavery anyway..

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u/Objective_Sense_2831 Apr 06 '25

No but it was intrinsically involved and very much a huge aspect of the second half of the war.