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Abraclam Lincoln's Birthday
Feb. 12th, 2020 09:53 pmArthur and i used to recite the Gettysburg address on this date, having memorized it in 8th grade or thereabouts in our far apart but very overlapping childhoods.
Reading 1619 makes one not so enthusiastic about his role in Emancipation (he was one of the "solve everything by sending them to Africa" people, and was surprised to learn that most enslaved or freedmen and women rejected that. This was "their" place, and they didn't want to give it up). But still, he did some useful stuff. If he had lived, Reconstruction might have lasted longer, which I guess was a point of the assassination in the first place.
Have a relevant snippet from "Lincoln." We saw it big screen when it opened, but I think it's on Netflix for another couple of weeks.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xsmgkZ8l2TQ
Reading 1619 makes one not so enthusiastic about his role in Emancipation (he was one of the "solve everything by sending them to Africa" people, and was surprised to learn that most enslaved or freedmen and women rejected that. This was "their" place, and they didn't want to give it up). But still, he did some useful stuff. If he had lived, Reconstruction might have lasted longer, which I guess was a point of the assassination in the first place.
Have a relevant snippet from "Lincoln." We saw it big screen when it opened, but I think it's on Netflix for another couple of weeks.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xsmgkZ8l2TQ
