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Donald Trump’s Tactics same as early Slave Masters

Slavemasters

This current political climate is displaying a familiar tactic that dates back to origins of  western settlements. Trump’s campaign is using the exact same tactics that the European Aristocracy used in the early 1700s and that the Klu Klux Klan (KKK) used during the post Reconstruction Era. Trump is employing a well documented script that has been used regularly by White elites for centuries in the western world. The tactic is always the same; use the emotions of fear, hate or anxiety to drive an economic agenda for White elites.

Late 1600s/Early 1700s

Economic agenda: Cultivate and exploit the resources and benefits of a new land through the labor of enslaved Africans for the benefit of white aristocrats in Europe.

Emotions: White aristocrats convinced poor Whites that for religious reasons Africans had to be slaves because they were not Christians and were meant for labor. This severely crippled poor whites economic opportunities which lead to poor whites resenting enslaved africans. One of the few job opportunities that poor Whites had available to them was Slave Catchers which enhanced the resentment that poor whites had for blacks.

American Elites

Results: European Aristocrats accumulated extreme wealth in currency, land and resources. Enslaved africans were established as a permanent underclass. Poor whites began a path towards irreversible poverty.  The game is to create division between the two underclass so they never unite against European aristocrats for equality.

Late 1800s to Early 1900s

Economic Agenda: Recreate a new form of free labor which would secure the economic future for the New Colony’s White elites.

Emotions: White elites of these new colonies increased the scare tactics toward poor whites. With freed Blacks exceeding poor Whites economically and socially the animosity was brewing. Elite whites also planted the false seeds of fear that black men would be raping white woman. A fearful and  hateful environment was set and lead to policies such as Jim Crow which criminalized Black life. Now slave catchers who became law enforcement officers, were able to arrest Blacks with no cause and sentence them to work on the same slave plantations that they had been recently freed from. Many elite Whites held leadership positions in the KKK and incited violence and provided cover for the KKK’s violence against Blacks.

Results: A new form of slavery was created through Jim Crow laws and the Convict lease program. The economic benefits continued for elite Whites in american. The hate and despicable crimes that poor Whites had perpetrated against Blacks made the division virtually irreparable.

Donald Trump Campaign 2015-2016

Economic Agenda: Make sure that economic benefits remain in place for elite White Americans who control American economics and create more benefits for big businesses.

Emotions: Trump with his rhetoric has created a violent atmosphere in his rally’s that has already caused some of his followers to react violently toward Blacks and whites who don’t agree with his rhetoric. There is fear and hatred surrounding his every campaign stop and Trump incited the anxiety and fear to a fever pitch, just as his predecessors in white supremacy propaganda had done.

Trump

Results: Poor whites and working class whites have been made to be extremely adversarial and even violent toward Blacks especially those that demand equality in the legal and law enforcement systems. Once again the goal is division and destruction from the American White elites who benefit greatly from poor Whites and Blacks being adversarial.

If you support trump you fall into one of three categories

1. White elite who needs the system to remain in place to benefit your advantage.
2. Uneducated poor Whites falling victim to fear and hate rhetoric.
3. Black Bourgeoisie who have minimal benefits that they want to protect

Rarely is life this simple, in this instance there really are no shades of grey. This is a time where White elites who support Trump’s rhetoric are acting absolutely irresponsible.

Beyoncé salute to Black Panthers is Justified

Beyoncé’s Super Bowl half time show has exposed more racism and bigotry in America once again. It is the season for racism and intolerance storms and Donald Trump and others are playing the role of Mother Nature, but I digress.

during the Pepsi Super Bowl 50 Halftime Show at Levi’s Stadium on February 7, 2016 in Santa Clara, California.

What some uniformed non-black people need to understand about the Black Panther Party (BPP), Malcolm X  and the Nation of Islam (NOI) is that they were not anti white nor were they terrorists of any kind. They were formed to be a pro black survival group in reaction to black people being brutalized and terrorized in their neighborhoods by Police and other racist white people. The Black Panther Party’s platform never stated violence as any part of their 10 point program . Self defense is absolutely a part of the Black Panther’s ideology, just as it is for any American. The black panther’s were known to legally open carry fire arms, which is a 2nd amendment right. Just as many white Americans open carry it is equally legal for Black people to open carry.

The era that Malcolm X, NOI and the Black Panther Party (BPP) existed in was an extremely volatile and racist period. Blacks were being killed and or brutalized DAILY the federal and state governments were not coming to the aid of Black citizens. In reaction to that leaders such as Malcolm X, Huey P. Newton (BPP) and Bobby Seale (BPP) filled a void of protection that was needed for black people.

This period of time in American History was obscenely unjust and violent against Black people. To accuse BPP or Malcolm X of being terrorist is amazingly ignorant and tone def, Blacks were the ones being terrorize and their reaction to protect themselves. Black people defending themselves being characterized as terroristic is sadly comical. Civil Rights Act Laws and amendments were passed yet not enforced for years later. This was an extremely hostile environment for Black people.

Panthers on parade at Free Huey rally in Defermery Park (named by the Panthers Bobby Hutton Park) in West Oakland.

Foolish politicians, media personalities and journalist need to perform just a little bit of research and they would discover the the BPP had not been convicted of any unprovoked shootings or murders of  police officers, yet the Chicago police performed and execution of Fred Hampton  who was the chairman of the Illinois BBP chapter as well as Panther member Mark Clark. Research would also uncover that the federal government at the orders of FBI Director J.Edgar Hoover used their COINTELPRO    operation to dismantle, neutralize and/or kill any panther members that appeared to be a ““messiah”   who could unify, and electrify, the militant black nationalist movement.” That black nationalist movement was anyone fight for the right of equal rights for black people.

So when you see people opposing Beyoncé’s performance at the Super Bowl you can be sure that you are listing to, watching or reading the words of a racist and/or bigot.   

The Anatomy of a Conspiracy: Flint Michigan is just tip of the Iceberg

Governor Rick Snyder

The Flint Water Crisis is quickly unraveling into what can only be described as a full blown criminal case of conspiracy, in which the federal R.I.C.O. laws should be applied. Michigan Governor Rick Snyder, many of the officials in his state administration and his appointed officials in Flint were all aware that the Flint River water was polluted and changing over to that water source would poison a city with a population of 100,000 of which 56% are African American. The Snyder administration fed the citizens of Flint and the rest of America deceitful information for almost two years now (switch was made April 25, 2014). All while criminally exposing the most venerable people in any society children, pregnant women and the elderly. At least 8,100 children under 5 years of age and 10,000 adults over 65 years of age to lead poisoning as well as an unknown number of pregnant women.

Emergency Manager Darnell Earley

 

They have offered out the idea that the water change was done as a fiscal maneuver to save money and that it was dictated by Detroit Water & Sewer Department.  DWSD (Detroit Water & Sewer Department) was 20% cheaper than KWA (Karegnondi Water Authority)  a saving of over $26M per year. So clearly the move was not made to save money, then why was the change made.

The other notion that DWSD was cutting off Flint is equally as inaccurate. Governor Snyder and his representatives all the way down to his state appointed officials in Flint began to disseminate the lie that Flint water was changed from DWSD to KWA because DWSD was cutting flint off, Documents prove this not to be the case. The cover up is always worse than the crime, this cover up is massive because flint isn’t even the real target. The target is and always was the complete take over of Detroit and all of its assets.

The Flint Water Crisis is affording the world an opportunity to witness the criminal acts in which Governor Snyder perpetrated against majority African American population cities in Michigan. Under the guise of attempting to balance budgets and cut expenses in these majority African American cities. Snyder installed state appointed City Emergency Managers (CEM) in order to exercise authority over these cities. These CEMs are essentially dictators of these communities they have full autonomy and at the instructions of Snyder they rob African American communities of their assets, economies, freedoms and dignity.

Here is a short summary of a few facts that overwhelmingly point to gross criminal behavior from public servants involved with this Flint Water Crisis and the fraudulent Detroit Bankruptcy.

1. Detroit was never bankrupt, there was a cash flow problem for sure but Detroit was a city with tremendous public assets, some are million and billion dollar assets and had surpluses .
2. The state refused to provide over $220 million in revenue-sharing payments that were due to Detroit.
3. Governor Snyder and his benefactors have privatized or regionalized the following assets as a result of the fraudulent Detroit Bankruptcy:

1. Belle Isle, a 982-acre island park in the Detroit River, which was managed by the Detroit Recreation Department.
2. OMI (Oakland-Macomb Interceptor) $1B asset that was the property of City of Detroit.
3. $1.2 billion remaining from the $1.5 billion bond approved by voters in 1994.
4. The Detroit Institute of the Arts, which has an art collection valued at more than $1 billion.
5. COBO hall convention center (which hosts the North American International Auto Show which creates $600 million in economic activity in the city and its suburbs.
6. Detroit zoo was the property of the City of Detroit.

1. Great Lakes Water Authority created to regionalize aspects of DWSD.
2. Detroit Public School system   (1999 the year of the state started the takeover, DPS had $100 million surplus that turned it into a $200 million deficit by 2004 under state appointed City Emergency Managers)

The majority of the aforementioned assets have been illegally transferred, according to Detroit’s City Charter and the State Constitution, to private and public entities outside of Detroit. Meaning that a majority African American city is being controlled by politicians and municipalities that Detroit citizens did not elect. There is no democracy in Detroit, in fact there is no democracy in Michigan

The final asset not taken over and pillaged by Governor Snyder is Detroit Sewer and Water Department (DSWD). Apparently the Governor and his backers are insistent on having DSWD, even if it means intentionally poisoning an entire city.

You have to follow the money in this conspiracy. The play for complete and total control of Detroit is the long game and Flint appears to be a pawn in the game of chess that these corrupt politicians and officials are playing in Detroit.

NOTE: KWA was the water system Flint was supposed to change to, however, KWA would not be ready for a few years, which is why Flint’s City Emergency Manager elected to use the less desirable Flint River.

Black Americans CANNOT be Democrat or Republican!

Ronald Reagan

Historically politics has never been kind to Black people. The very nature of politics is rooted in racism. White Europeans claimed complete control of the political process in America at the expense of native americans and especially Blacks.

Strong Black voices that advocate for Black issues are rare in the political realm. This exclusion of voices who advocate for Black issues is a bi-partisan effort. Democrats and Republicans have both benefited from the political silencing of Black Americans.

The current presidential primary campaigns feature a variety of candidates and only one of them offers any agenda for Black issues. Black Americans have a strange loyal historical relationship with Democratic Party. The inner workings of these political parties make it counter productive for Blacks to support either party.

Bill Clinton

Politicians are friendly and associate with each other regardless of their political party alignments. They live in the same neighborhoods, dine together, entertain together and their kids go to the same schools. When they perform theatrics in the media to divide and deceive the country’s working class and poor it is insincere. The party lines are superficial in the past they have actually switched views.

Not one president Democratic or Republican has EVER focused on Black interests at any point in history. Below are four politicians past and present that many black people hold in high regard and consistently support, yet they have been detrimental to Black people’s existence:

Abraham Lincoln

• Alleged to have freed enslaved Africans in america, actually did not free slaves. He did not free slaves in the North but freed slaves in states that had succeeded from the union which he had no jurisdiction over at that time.  Lincoln also attempted to negotiate a deal with confederate to allow them to keep slaves for 40 more years if they would end the succession.  He had no interest in slaves well being.

John F. Kennedy

• When protesters for Civil Rights in Alabama were being brutalized by law enforcement, racists and other white supremacist,  Kennedy claimed he did not have the authority to send troops in to help the Black protestors.
• He then sent troops to Alabama to act as peace makers after the Blacks had demonstrated their ability to defend themselves.

Bill Clinton

• 1994 Omnibus Crime Bill included 3 strikes Policy, children as young as 13 being prosecuted as adults, $9.85 Billion for new prisons, federal guideline sentencing and more negative policies.
• The JPI report reveals that 225,000 more Blacks were incarcerated under Clinton than under President Reagan.
• Charter School boom created under his administration. Charter schools would eventually monetized Black children’s educational failures for private corporation profit.

Hillary Clinton

• Was well aware of the policies that her husband implemented during his presidency and never spoke out against them.
• 5 of her campaign bundlers work for lobbying and law firms that CCA and other private prisons employ.

Barack Obama

• While national unemployment has improved under his presidency black unemployment has remained the same and at times increased under his presidency.
• Since President Obama’s first day in office the CCA and The GEO Group have been awarded $1.7 and 1.8 billion dollars in federal contracts, respectively.
• Poverty level of black people has continued to increase under his presidency.
• On the 40th anniversary of her arrest, the FBI suddenly put Assata Shakur on the Ten Most Wanted Terrorists List. The reward for her capture has been doubled to $2 million.

The Party name is irrelevant they are both the same for Black people

Blacks are in a familiar yet very awkward position.  No matter who they vote for, they will not benefit and likely will suffer.  Kanye West once famously said “George Bush doesn’t care about black people” a more accurate phrase would have been “Politicians who support white supremacy (seems to be 99.9% of all politicians) don’t care about black people”. Republicans continue racist rhetoric in the media while Democrats are worse as the play the role of the fox in sheep’s clothing, deceiving blacks with policies that always have negative long term impact.

Voting as a singular strategy to create economic change is absolutely worthless and voting exclusively democrat is not only worthless but insane. We have had voting rights since 1965, 50 years and our economic and social conditions are no better.

Economic empowerment comes from specific actions. Blacks must engage in these actions:

1. Release any default political affiliations and identify yourselves as independent.
2. Understand that voting is worthless without money and a lobby group who will transfer the money to politicians in exchange for support of the black agenda.
3. Vote as a unified group for an Independent party.

The above action points rely on an agenda to serve as the reason for the action points. The below agenda is one that I would suggest for Black people It does not speak for all Black people but its a good start.

Black American Agenda

1. Negotiate a reparations agreement for Black Americans that involves land, tax breaks, free education, control of certain resources and support for HBCUs as the core of settlement.
2. Abolish 21st Century Slavery with the removal of the 13th Amendment Clause, that allows legal slavery.
3. Enforcing the The Black Freedman Indian Treaty of 1866.
4. Create Affirmative Action-like plan specifically for black people.
5. Reconstruction of Public School Education.
6. Reconstruction of legal and law enforcement system.

This is one part of revolution yet a very necessary part. This process has to be part of the Black movement.

The Political System: Systems of Racism Series 3 of 9 – Defining racism Part 3B:

The political power structure of America was set up by the White European immigrants almost immediately upon arriving on these shores in the early 1600s. Europeans instantly established themselves as the dominant political force in this new colony. Europeans at once began carving out the policies that would govern the new territory and a large part of those policies were targeted at determining the role Blacks would play in the new colony. This naturally excluded Blacks from the political process. Blacks were almost 100% marginalized and unrepresented in the political process from 1619 until the Civil Rights Movement.

Racism in Politics – voter supression[/caption]

There was a small period of Black political progress during Reconstruction.  The 14th (1868) and 15th (1869) Amendments were passed, the 15th Amendment gave Blacks the right to vote. This allowed blacks to become involved in the political arena from   approximately  1865 – 1877. The progress of Blacks under Reconstruction was met simultaneously  with creation of the KKK, Black Codes  and Jim Crow . These three factors quickly reversed  blacks political gains. Prior to Jim Crow become fully indoctrinated in society which made voting illegal on a state level, the KKK intimidated blacks from voting as well as removed black government officials and government officials who supported black progress through coups.

Jim Crow was the primary means of ensuring black voter suppression from 1877 unit 1865.  Here are a few of the state and federally supported polices that were used to exclude Blacks from the political machine. (For more details on this process list click on this link)

1. Poll taxes during Jim Crow created a financial barrier to vote in North and South. 
2. Literacy tests during Jim Crow created an education barrier to vote in the North and South.  
3. Caging lists  unlawfully challenging the registration status of voters. 
4. KKK/White Supremacy Coups 
5. Felon Disenfranchisement, denying convicted felons the right to vote, yet criminalizing ordinary black life which make them into felons. 

These tactics and many more created a hostile political environment for black people until the Civil Rights Movement when multiple laws were passed to give some semblance of rights to blacks. From 1619 until 1965 Blacks had approximately 12 years of limited political involvement out of 320+ years in this country and even that period was erased shortly after it started.

Politics of Racism was nationwide[/caption]

Even with our gained voter rights in 1965 we still struggle today to maintain our ability to vote. We also have yet to develop any politicians, Black or White, who have been unapologetically committed to the Black agenda and willing to speak authoritatively about the issues that affect Black people. The racism in politics is extremely nuanced yet very real, the exclusion of blacks from politics was systematic and based on race. The impact has been crippling and continues to be felt by Black people today.

The issues Blacks face today in police brutality, injustices in the legal system and lack of economic development in black communities to name a few, all can be related to Blacks exclusion from the political system. No national politicians are interested in the black agenda. You can see with the current cast of presidential candidates the black agenda is completely ignored. Not one of the candidates even mentions any resemblance of a black agenda unless they are forced to,  as Bernie Sanders was by the two #BlackLivesMatter protesters in Seattle. Sanders quickly crafted an incomplete agenda loosely geared towards black people.

The means to change the litany of issues in the Black community is partially through politics. On a nationally level the system is still much to racist for blacks to participate and create the change that will impact the lives of everyday black people. President Obama exemplifies this quite clearly. Local politics in majority black population cities is where change can and will occur and that is where we as Black people need to focus in order to create the changes that we need.

2015 Meritorious Manumission – case of Stephen A Smith

“The Meritorious Manumission Act of 1710 was the legal act of freeing or showing favor to a slave for “good deeds” as defined by the national public policy. Meritorious Manumission could be granted to a slave who distinguished himself by saving the life of a white master or his property, inventing something that a white slave master could make a profit from or snitching on a slave rebellion.”

We currently have a 2015 version of that act of 1710 in many of the most visible Blacks in media. The most notable Black media members that operate under The Meritorious Manumission Act of 1710 are Charles Barkley (NBA on TNT), Stephen A. Smith (First Take ESPN), Tom Jackson (Sunday NFL Countdown), Don Lemon (CNN), Cris Carter (ESPN football Analyst) is heading that direction as well. There are many other Blacks that make statements and take actions against the black community hoping to receive current day benefits of Meritorious Manumission.

Current day Meritorious Manumission, for the uninitiated, is when Black media personalities, athletes or entertainers take the liberty of over zealously criticizing the Black community often using skewed stats, generalizations, stereotypes and/or false statements . All media members mentioned previously have behaved in this manner consistently but I want to focus on Stephen A. Smith because he has an interesting event as an example for contrast. Stephen A. Smith’s commentary and responses in regard to the Black community and domestic abuse point to flaws in Stephen A. Smith’s relation with the black community as well as flaws in the power of Black community.

Stephen A. Smith has had a long history of criticizing the black community  harshly ( tattoos , Uneducated/Ignorant Athletes , Mark Cuban comments about prejudice, stupidity of Black athletes , Blacks need to be more forgiving , NFL blacks smoke weed , All lives matter/Black on Black crime ). His criticisms of SOME members of the Black community are not completely wrong yet his obsession with pointing out the bad and very very rarely the good becomes suspicious. What is even more offensive is his consistent position that he “doesn’t give a damn” if the black community does not like what he says. As bad as all of that is the contrast is stunning to how humble and meek he became once he voiced his opinion about women’s role in some domestic dispute cases. All of his bravado and ego was no where to be seen when the feminists put pressure on ESPN to suspend him. He issued a heart felt apology the same day he was suspended

How all of  this plays into Meritorious Manumission Act of 1710 is that he is essentially rewarded (keeps his job) for his negative rhetoric against Blacks and was punished (suspended 1 week)  for his negative rhetoric about domestic abuse. The contrast and irony caused me to question his conviction among other attributes. He is not unique in his position of critiquing the black community while he and other like him are very well equipped to point out the issues of the black community at the same time they are equally unequipped to provide a solution. My feeling has always been that you cannot bring attention to a problem that you are not willing to help solve.

Stephen A. Smith’s suspension also points out the lack of leadership, power/influence and organization in  the Black community in comparison to, in this case, the feminist community. We have no leaders in the Black Community that have proven themselves to speak on real issues for Black people. For the record the majority of Black people do not see Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson as leadership for the black community, both have often seemed to be working against the best interest of Black people. Chastising and forcing apologies from Stephen A. Smith, Charles Barkley, Tom Jackson, Cris Carter and Don Lemon for their many flagrant violations is something that the Black community would require from Black leadership. For now the leadership void still exists and these media personalities are free to take advantage of 2015 Meritorious Manumission.

Obama & Politicians say they care about ending Mass Incarceration…Prove it.

It was great to hear President Obama speak to the issue of Mass Incarceration, Federal Sentencing Guidelines and Mandatory Minimum prison sentences. This speech was an important message and stepping stone towards solving one of America’s oldest and most racists practices, that of excessive penalties for black crimes. It was also very encouraging to hear that ending mass Incarceration has bi-partisan support.

The speech and political rhetoric are important but definitely not the end game. If the president and members of Congress are serious about this issue it will take bold actions. Old policies/laws/amendments will need to be changed. New polices/practices,  laws and amendments will need to be created. New methods of policing will have to be employed. All law enforcement is in need of new approach to policing and new training to carry out policing. This would be a huge reversal of  ideology in the legal system and law enforcement.

If,  and this is a HUGE “IF”, President Obama and the other politicians are series about ending mass Incarceration then there are specific changes and new implementations that they can create. The bullet items below are items that would directly lead to ending Mass Incarceration. And cresting equality

– Correct the 13th Amendment to abolish ALL slavery, even the prison industrial complex. Make all private prisons illegal. Private prisons encourage illegal policing practices.

– Eliminate all mandatory minimum sentences for non violent offenses or make all non-violent mandatory minimum equal to each other. Drug possession for first second and third offense should be the same as a DUI offenses.

– Creation of a police review boards that consists of citizens with power to review cases such as the ones that have received mass media attention over the past 2 years and make recommendations.

– Legalizing drugs to some degree and in legalizing drugs current illegal drug distributers who are black and brown should not be omitted from these opportunities.

–  Citizens need to have a systematic ability to request Department of Justice involvement when local and/or state investigations of law enforcement appears to be suspicious.

– Federal regulations that prevent states and local municipalities from creating racists laws and policies.

– SCOTUS review and all racial policies on record for any racial biases and correct them.

I am extremely skeptical about President Obama and any politicians commitment to end Mass Incarceration. This country has spent its entire existence trying to put black people in some form of bondage and it has been immensely profitable. I doubt their sincerity yet i will keep an open mind when I hear the rhetoric on this topic but I will be looking for facts. In the meantime blacks need to focus on creating  communities that can provide shelter against many of these injustices waged against black people.

Who do American Rights and Freedoms apply to? ….apparently not Black people

When the laws, rights, freedoms and protection associated with being an American don’t apply to Black people you force us to react and operate outside of the system. With every murder of an unarmed black person at the hands of police there is the immediate use of propaganda to criminalize the Black victim even if the victim has no criminal record. Its so infuriating. The facts, procedures, information and propaganda surrounding the murder of Sandra Bland is enough to make any sane person completely lose it. I can feel nothing but frustration, anger and hatred toward police. All over the country they do not respect or value black life. The police literally are operating under Jim Crow policing practices. I guess this should not be a surprise since the policing procedures and training was never changed at the end of Jim Crow. The police are agitants and instigators instead of calming voice of reason.

I’m guessing it’s not all police but i have no proof. Where are the good cops reporting incidents of abuse of power and police brutality? No where. The blue shield/code of silence is the #1 rule amongst police but yet they want the people in the neighborhoods they terrorize to cooperate with their investigations. Its hypocrisy.

Like many American systems law enforcement is corrupted and broken to a sickening and murderous level. When terrorist attacks happen to America we all unify, be it fake or real, we do it. Politicians, media, the public, black, white, everyone unites, its good guys (USA) v bad guys (whoever we gave weapons to in the past and now don’t like). When terrorist attacks happen against Black americans there is no uniting. There is only explanations, justifications, propaganda and “let’s wait until we have all the facts”. We never wait for facts when America is terrorized only when Black America is terrorized.

Its a hypocritical existence that blacks are forced to navigate. Its not sustainable is a figurative and maybe literal time bomb waiting to explode….it can only lead to anarchy and chaos. This isn’t the world I thought my kids would have to navigate. It seems unfair that my wife and I decided to have them knowing what we knew about this country’s hatred of black life.

Not all emancipation is equal…follow the money and the power.

July 22, 1861
Emancipation Proclamation is read to the cabinet, by Abraham Lincoln, 1861.

Facts of the Emancipation Proclamation:

1. The main purpose of the Emancipation Proclamation was to keep the Union together. It had nothing to do with any epiphany of morality by the Lincoln and the Republicans.

2. It was not a policy to free slaves, it was a military declaration. The South had succeeded from the Union. The executive order was made to warn the South to rejoin the Union or war against the South would ensue.

3. The source of issue that caused the executive order (emancipation proclamation) was economics, as it always has been with America. The North was concerned about how powerful the South was becoming. Powered by the free labor of slavery the US economy was being driven by cotton, indigo and tobacco from the South. The North wanted to industrialized and move some of the economic strength to the Northern factories and other business entities.

4. Lincoln was advised to delay the executive order (emancipation proclamation) until a North win seemed likely. Secretary of State William Seward suggested that Lincoln wait to issue the executive order until a Union victory could prove that the federal government could enforce it. Many Northerners were uncertain that they would be victorious over the South.

5. One more clue that the executive order (Emancipation Proclamation) was not about freeing slaves that it was not an enforceable action on the south at the time of the order. The South had succeeded from the Union, Lincoln had no power to free slaves in a territory that Union was not ruling over.

6. Lincoln’s executive order (Emancipation Proclamation) did not free any northern slaves, which he actually had authority to free.

7. “I will say then that I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white and black races,” – Abraham Lincoln

8 . Lincoln owned slaves himself.

9.  Lincoln was opposed to blacks having the right to vote, to serve on juries, to hold office and to intermarry with whites.

10. Lincoln believed that colonization—or the idea that a majority of the African-American population should leave the United States and settle in Africa or Central America—was the best way to confront the problem of slavery.

When Lincoln is labeled the great emancipator, most Blacks who are aware of the facts surrounding the Emancipation Proclamation will likely visibly bristle at the notion. American history as well as world history has been consistently viewed from a European lens. The African/black perspective needs to be exposed and taught in our educational systems.