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1StrongBlackMan

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2. Not to quibble; but ...

Reply to Octafish (Original post)

Wed Jan 9, 2013, 03:24 PM

Jan 2013

One of the greatest documents of all time, a cornerstone of our democracy: the Emancipation Proclamation codifies the ideal that all men are created equal and endowed by their Creator certain with certain inalienable rights, specifically: Freedom.

No isn't not and no it didn't. The EP, while granting freedom from involuntary servitude for those slaves in the "rebel states", did not include those held in the nothern and/or non-seceding south.

Further, it was silent as to the OP's primary claim:

the Emancipation Proclamation codifies the ideal that all men are created equal and endowed by their Creator certain with certain inalienable rights

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The Emancipation Proclamation alone makes America the most powerful nation on earth. [View all] Octafish Jan 2013 OP

The Emancipation Proclamation allowed slaves in Northern States to remain property. Agnosticsherbet Jan 2013 #1

Thank you. You are absolutely correct. Octafish Jan 2013 #3

Not to quibble; but ... 1StrongBlackMan Jan 2013 #2

No quibble. You are correct. The 13th Amendment...etc. etc. etc. Octafish Jan 2013 #4