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Originally Posted by Gypsy Rose
African Americans (or whatever the politically correct phrase of the day is), immigrants now out number the descendants of slavery. Former slaves were granted amnesty by Lincoln and had the choice to return to Africa if they so desired. They did not, so while they did not leave their home nation by choice, they did effectively abandon it by not returning.
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First off, I agree with Tully. You have come around in your attitude. "Tongue my ass" isn't far from where you are now but it's a lot more reasoned and respectable.
I do have small issue with your comment above. I find it difficult to say that the blacks that Lincoln emancipated somehow abandoned their home nation by not returning to Africa. We are talking about people who were born and raised in slavery in the US and not people who were fresh off the slaver's boat. Some did return to Africa (see Sierra Leone and Freetown) but most, decided to stay because they had no connection to the land of their ancestors.