Bobert--


Nobody says that blacks after 1865 had it easy. On the contrary.

However:

1) It is still better than under slavery--partly for the reasons I cited. The progress, as I said was moving from slavery to not being slaves. And it seemed that you and LH were denying that life after 1865 was any better for blacks.

2) Nobody has provided any evidence that slavery--in 1861--was on the way out. The evidence is all on the other side.


Where the thread has gone off the track is getting into this question at all--the thread topic is "history of USA presidential elections...".   And I did not drag it off topic. It was off topic before I even posted.