As February is both "Black History Month" and the anniversary of President Lincoln's birthday, we know we will be hearing a lot about slavery as well as the War Between the States. Unfortunately, most of what we hear will be from television and other main stream media as well as the entertainment field – the most unreliable sources. They will present the conventional, easy-to-understand, version of events because many people today cannot deal with an issue that has more than one variable. We also know from previous Februarys that simplified depictions of slavery will focus primarily on the South. Last … Continue reading Yankees and Slavery