Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address & why we reject it
In recent days the US media has celebrated the anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s most famous speech. Given at the height of the United States’ war against the independent South in 1863, the Gettysburg Address managed in very few words to summarise a view of the Union and US history which has since become dominant. It asserted, for example, that the USA is a proposition-nation based on the idea of universal equality. In other words, as US President George W Bush said in his 2001 inaugural address:
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In actuality Lincoln’s government took no action to mass deport Blacks from the United States
ReplyDeleteHe took no action, but was in favor of such.
By the way, Michael set up FNC and then asked if I would post making it an accompanying blog like his . Obviously I have gone off in divergent tangents.:) He met us for a day at the 2010 Sam Davis Youth Camp in SC and made this video.
http://freenorthcarolina.blogspot.com/2012/02/sam-davis-youth-camp-2012.html