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Old 08-13-2017, 07:25 AM   #6451 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by elphenor View Post
A lot of Republicans were against slavery on moral grounds straight up

A significant portion of the party would continue to push for African American rights after the war too, even reparations
That was before LBJ or whatever the crossing over point was, so they were essentially Democrats though.
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