The Radical Senate and House and then the states voted the Amendment
to become part of the constitution. Naturally who was left in the
South? Who was active in the Senate and House that came from the
south ? Jailed or run off or dead.

White indentured servants are slaves to the master. It might be
10, 20 or lifetime. And the work load was high and mean in many
cases. Remember the poor Irish - no money to begin with - indentured.
They were often beat and treated like trash.

The blacks in the north that were slaves were not freed by the
Gettysburg address (a speech) and didn't end when Atlanta was burned.
They were freed only after the constitution amendment came about.

Martin

On 7/5/2015 7:04 AM, Ed Huntress wrote:
On Sat, 04 Jul 2015 20:05:24 -0500, Martin Eastburn
wrote:

And let us not forget the NORTH was FORCED to give freedom to slaves
when and only when the constitution was amended to prevent slavery.

And who amended the Constitution, Martin? Are you saying that the
northerners forced themselves?

There were white, black and in the white batch lots of Irish.

No there weren't. Not in North America. There were white indentured
servants. They were freed of their indenture after a contract period
-- usually five years.