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Today marks the 147th anniversary of Congress passing the 13th Amendment and sending it to the states to be ratified. The 13th Amendment would be ratified first by the State of Illinois on February 1st, 1865, and Georgia solidifying the passage of the amendment on December 6, 1865. The Amendment would be immediately in effect with the announcement of its passage on December 18, 1865. The last state to ratify the Amendment was, without surprise, Mississippi on March 16, 1995, after rejecting it on December 5, 1865.
In a recent post on Thomas DiLorenzo I discussed his article on Ron Paul and his “Shocking Ignorance of American History”…so amazed at his final comment and the historical error at the end I sent him the following email on Jan. 4, 2012…
Mr. Dilorenzo,
You wrote: “If Ron Paul succeeds in his “quest to undo the Party of Lincoln” it would be the greatest advance in freedom for Americans since the ending of slavery by the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution in 1866.”
I know you hate Lincoln for defeating your beloved south, but as a pseudo-historian I would think that you could at least get the date of the passing and ratifying of the 13th Amendment correct. It was ratified in Dec. of 1865, not in 1866.
Corey Meyer
And this is the response I received from the “Saint of Lost Cause Lincoln Bashing” that same day…
It became effective Jan. 1, 1866, dumbo.*
Yes, a professor of Economics and a crappy Lincoln “scholar” called me dumbo…I have arrived! It makes one think that if he can get one basic fact wrong, what else can or did he get wrong…here is a little hint! I wonder how they knew to put the amendment into effect on Jan. 1, 1866 if there was no guarantee of its ratification. The 13th Amendment would go into force on the day of its ratification, not on Jan. 1, 1866 like the good professor said. Maybe he should stick to economics and let the history teachers take care of the history.
*If you question the validity of the email, provide me with your email in the comments section and I will forward you his response email!
The original text of the 13th Amendment, in its bound Congressional volume, is currently in Houston with NARA’s “Discovering the Civil War.” The original text of the Emancipation Proclamation will be on exhibit there February 16-21. The exhibit also includes The exhibition includes facsimiles of the 1861 Corwin Amendment and the 1860 U.S. Census enumeration for Jefferson Davis. See:
http://www.hmns.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=477&Itemid=498
It’s really quite stupid to equate the party then vs now. The issues have swung he pendulum so many times that the Party of Lincoln is no longer of Lincoln and the party of Jefferson is a far cry from his.
Cor[e]y, disrespect deserves disrespect! Grow up. The 13th, 14th amendments have a long bad history – the passage was foul and is illegal! The Southerners who couldn’t leave the union couldn’t be in it either.
Josephine, or should I say Connie?
By your comment you sounds as if you are a student of the good Dr. DiLorenzo. It is quite apparent that you have only the most rudimentary understanding of the 13th amendment. However, there are some arguments that can be made about the passage of the 14th. But I seriously doubt you can have a serious debate about it before it would turn into a bashing secession.
Thanks for stopping by TBoMK!
Bashing secession is what he wouldn’t do
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The definition of “Black Confederate” has been expanded to now include slaves.
they lived in the CSA so that makes them Confederates , that is according to the new logic pushed by Ms Chastain.
There was a video on youtube, , since removed fopr copyright issues, Where DiLorenzo first claims the CW wasn’t about Slavery and that Lincoln cared nothing for the slaves and then in the next breath says Lincoln invaded the South to free the slaves. Had Lincoln done so it would tend to imply the war WAS about slavery.
Later in the same interview he claims that since the South had seceded and was no longer part of the USA and then in the next statement says Lincoln committed treason by making war on states in violation of the Constitution he just claimed no longer applied to them. DiLorenzo has no problem with self-contradictory statements.
Ray, as usual, you are delusional……….