(11-02-2018, 06:52 PM)13Coronas Wrote:

(11-01-2018, 08:35 PM)Byron LeftTown Wrote: Blacks were enslaved in Africa by other blacks and the first slave owner in America was a black man.  Lincoln did not free any slaves.  Slavery remained legal in the North after the Emancipation Proclamation, and Lincoln had no jurisdiction to make law or proclamations in the South.  Lincoln also believed the black man was inferior and could not co-exist with whites.  He wanted the freed slaves sent back to Africa.

It seems like today's Democrats also believe blacks are inferior.  Why would they lobby for special protections and advantages if they believe blacks are equal?

Wasn't the first black man to be sold as a slave sold by another black man?

Many African Americans were sold into slavery by other Africans. Slavery was a common practice in Africa, so they sold slaves to the Europeans and took part in the slave trade.