Cajuncru Diver
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Darn, I never knew they had Crack Pipe wall hangers back in those days!
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No and No, this is in Michigan waters, we did not have slaves in the North.
What ever gave you the idea that the Northern states did not have slaves? When Lincoln freed the slaves during the emancipation proclimation, he only freed the slaves in the rebellious states. The slaves in the Northern states were still property of slave owners for quite a while after that.
Quote from the document:
"all persons held as slaves within any States, or designated part of the State, the people whereof shall be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free."