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Wait - so they want to erase the Civil War?

The Emancipation Proclamation only "Freed" the slaves in the "States in Rebellion". It did nothing for the slaves inhte North. A critic of the times said (I'm slightly mis-remembering it): "He freed the slaves where he had no authority to do so, and did nothing for the slaves he had power to help". The Union states in which Slavery was still legal, refused "compensated Emancipation (Taxpayer paying owners for slaves freedom)

Thats part of what the riots were about as well.
 
Well damn, unintended consequences? Now that all these memorials are gone. Does that mean all the welfare rats are going to get a job and be self sufficient? Stop having babies like a Pez dispenser? All the illegals will self deport for the lack of work and the landscapers pretty much aren't hiring since they are fully staffed.