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Huh, 1965? I believe you missed about 100 years. The voting rights act was passed in 1870 (15th amendment to the constitution), however many blacks were scared away from the polls even killed.
are you saying that democrats scared away blacks from the polls? I believe you really need to go back to not only post slavery but the civil rights era of the 1950's - 1960's Mississippi, Alabama, South Carolina.
are you saying that democrats scared away blacks from the polls? I believe you really need to go back to not only post slavery but the civil rights era of the 1950's - 1960's Mississippi, Alabama, South Carolina.
The democrats had many members in the KKK. Robert Bird ex Imperial Wizard and US senator.
True, but then again the Democratic Party of today is NOT the Democratic party of the 1800's - and the same is true of the GOP.
In fact, during the 1960's when the northern Democrats embraced Civil Rights Legislation, those White Southern Bigots fled the Democratic party into the waiting arms of the Republican camp.
Somehow I think the last 50 years is a lot more relevant than the period 150 years ago.
The democrats had many members in the KKK. Robert Bird ex Imperial Wizard and US senator.
The KKK embodied both the Republican and Democratic part, however it was the democratic party that championed the Civil Rights movement.
Although it was the Republicans that were the aggressors for the Civil War and the Democrats were the champions for slavery, the Civil war wasn't really about freeing the slaves but more about state rights and taxes. The South did not want the Northerns dictating to them what to do with their wealth and property (i.e slaves).
It was a Republican President that ended slavery and set all blacks free.
The Civil war was not originally about slavery, although the end justify the means no matter what. The South did not want the North dictating to them what should be done with their property.
The Civil war was not originally about slavery, although the end justify the means no matter what. The South did not want the North dictating to them what should be done with their property.
Ok so the Democrats free the slave are you happy now.
Ok so the Democrats free the slave are you happy now.
Are you alright? Are you having a bad day? I stated the end justified the means. Your the ONLY one that bought up the part affiliation in the freeing of slaves.
Enslavement began in the 1600's well before anyone thought of an Industrial Revolution.
Enslaved Africans accounted for 605 billion hours of free labor, which helped to fund the industrial Revolution and those men were wealthy way before they started those companies.
Enslaved Africans contributed, to a 2006 inflation rate of 3 percent, 20.3 trillion dollars.
There's no doubt their labor had a dollar value. The question wasn't that, it was whether it was "good or bad" for the US.
The steam engine was invented in 1712. By 1812 it had replaced slave labor in the developed countries, although it persisted in the colonies. The US was among the last to abandon it.
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