Anne

President Lincoln supported the 3/5th compromise....he has very little
morality behind his actions that impacted slavery.  For that he should not be
upheld as the Great Emancipator

In a message dated 2/25/2003 6:31:44 PM Eastern Standard Time,
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> Slavery is not just an issue of power and economics, it is also an issue of
> morality. The morality along with the human and civil rights issues of
> slavery fulfill the meanings of the rights promised in our Declaration of
> Independence from England.
>
> The issue started when the southern states bullied the rest of the states
> into a 3/5 compromise on the humanity of those held in bondage. The rest
> was downhill from there.
>
>                                  Anne


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