Horace Greeley’s American Conflict Vol. I
The first state to actual exercise its right to secede was not South Carolina, not even one from the South at all, but low and behold one from New England. Vermont declared its independence from the "union" over disagreements in our participation in the war of 1812.

Thomas Jefferson, of Virginia, urged in the Declaration of Independence that the slave trade be forbidden. John Adams, of Massachusetts, urged that clause be omitted.

ABSOLUTE PROOF THE NORTH DIDN’T INVADE OVER SLAVERY

The Republican controlled Congress passed the first 13th Amendment in the spring of 1861. This amendment is the only one in the history of our nation to be signed by a President, Abe Lincoln.

This amendment prohibited any action by the federal government to restrict or end slavery in the states, and specifically stated that slavery was a right of the state. The Republicans passed this as a last ditch measure to avoid war! Therefore, slavery was not the issue, but rather the right of a state to secede from the Union!

There was a bill before the US congress in 1862, which would have there was a bill before the US congress in 1862, which would have Abolished slavery. It was defeated, even though the Southern states were not in the Union.

Slavery Established by a Black!

In 1650, there were only 300 Negroes in Virginia, about 1% of an
estimated 30,000 population. They were not slaves any more than were the
approximately four thousand white indentured "servants" working out their
loans for passage money to Virginia, and who were granted 50 acres of land
each when freed from their indenture.
Slavery was established in 1664 when Anthony Johnson of Northampton
convinced a court that he was entitled to the lifetime services of John Casor, a Negro.
This is the first judicial record of involuntary servitude except as
punishment for a crime. But who was Anthony Johnson, winner of this
epoch-making decision? Anthony Johnson was a Negro himself, one of the 20
brought to Jamestown in 1619 and "sold" to the colonists. By 1623 he had
earned his freedom and by 1651 he was prosperous enough to import five
"servants" of his own. Because of this he was granted 250 acres. (See page
378,"Virginia, Guide to the Old Dominion," WPA Writers’ Program, Oxford
University Press, NY, 1940) from Vanguard, newsletter of the North
Texas Brigade,

Not only were our ancestors required to pay up "back taxes" after
Appomattox but the U.S. tax code was amended to deny the right
to redeem properties from tax sales if the taxpayer had been a
Confederate soldier, sailor or official.
The intent of the government in denying this right if one had
served the Confederacy is clear: the intent was not so much to
raise legitimate tax revenue owed the federal government but to
effectuate a massive transfer of wealth from the hands of Southern
Whites into the hands of northern speculators.

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