[Magdalen] right to bear arms

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It's also worth noting that Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation did not include slaves in the northern states. 

Jim Handsfield 
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> On Dec 12, 2015, at 1:53 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
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> In a message dated 12/12/2015 1:33:46 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
> houstonklr at gmail.com writes:
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> because they (northerners) had  abandoned it (slavery) and wanted it done 
> elsewhere as  well. >>>>>
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> Well, that is the whole matter in a nutshell.
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> The other aspect of this is I don't get the impression that whatever
> slavery was practiced in the USA North was the basis for the entire
> socioeconomic system there as it had become in the South.
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> The southerners were fighting, among other reasons, for the very
> foundation of their culture.  Without slaves, that was a no-go.
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> David Strang.