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This video is about the most pivotal year in American history: 1871, and how a piece of legislation from that year totally transformed the United States, creating a domino effect of events that have led us to this moment in time, right now, as you’re reading this. While the events of this year have been hidden from the masses, the question still remains: is the US a country or a corporation? These videos are always fully sourced.
The Most IMPORTANT History Lesson Americans Were Never Taught
originally posted by: homerJ
that Trump was an idiot and far from healthy for your fine country.
Honest opinion...not trying to start s#it.
That the Civil War had nothing to do with slavery until Lincoln got desperate for "cannon fodder" ?
originally posted by: homerJ
that Trump was an idiot and far from healthy for your fine country.
Honest opinion...not trying to start s#it.
originally posted by: BernnieJGato
a reply to: Gothmog
That the Civil War had nothing to do with slavery until Lincoln got desperate for "cannon fodder" ?
You are correct sir, lincoln didn't believe in slavery for any one, but he was also a racist and thought all people should be free but separate.
He only used emancipation as a stick to try and bring the states that succeeded back into the union.
Haym Salomon: The Man Who Financed the American Revolution
October 17, 1781. An eerie silence takes hold over the battlefield outside Yorktown, Virginia. After weeks of non-stop artillery shells and rifle fire, the rhythmic pounding of a drum is all that is heard. Through the wispy smoke that floats above the battlefield, a British officer can be seen waving a white flag. General Cornwallis has surrendered Yorktown, ending the last major battle of the American Revolution. The surrender of Yorktown and the nearly 8,000 British troops convinced the British Parliament to start negotiating an end to the war. On September 3, 1783, the treaty of Paris was signed. The war was over.
....If not for Haym Salomon, however, the decisive victory at Yorktown never would have happened.
Although there is little proof, many believe that when designing the American Great Seal George Washington asked Salomon what he wanted as compensation for his generosity during the war. Salomon responded “I want nothing for myself, rather something for my people.” It is for this reason that the 13 stars are arranged in the shape of the Star of David.
In principle, Lincoln approved of emancipation as a war measure, but he postponed executive action against slavery until he believed he had both the legal authority to do so and broader support from the American public. Two pieces of congressional legislation passed on July 17, 1862, provided the desired signal. The Second Confiscation Act included provisions that freed the slaves of disloyal owners, authorized the president to employ African Americans in the suppression of the rebellion, and called for exploring voluntary colonization efforts. The Militia Act authorized the employment of African Americans in the military, emancipated those who were enslaved, and freed their families, if owned by those disloyal to the Union. Not only had Congress relieved the administration of considerable strain with its limited initiative on emancipation, but it also had demonstrated an increasing public acceptance of emancipation as a military act.
"My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or to destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave I would do it, and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that." Lincoln carefully noted that this represented his official position. He intended "no modification of my oft-expressed personal wish that all men every where could be free."