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Bill Would Require Paid Confederate Holiday in SC
SC lawmakers consider requiring cities, counties to give workers paid Confederate holiday


A black state senator is pushing a bill that would require South Carolina cities and counties to give their workers a paid day off for Confederate Memorial Day or lose millions in state funds.

Democratic Sen. Robert Ford's bill won initial approval from a Senate subcommittee Tuesday. It would force county and municipal governments to follow the schedule of holidays used by the state, which gives workers 12 paid days off, including May 10 to honor Confederate war dead. Mississippi and Alabama also recognize Confederate Memorial Day.

Years ago, Ford said, he pushed a bill to make both that day and Martin Luther King Jr. Day paid holidays. He considered it an effort to help people understand the history of both the civil rights movement and the Confederacy in a state where the Orders of Secession are engraved in marble in the Statehouse lobby, portraits of Confederate generals look down on legislators in their chambers and the Confederate flag flies outside.
By JIM DAVENPORT Associated Press Writer
COLUMBIA, S.C. February 3, 2009 (AP)

Yup, most historical records overseas show that the Civil War was originally about Northern financial constriction after the cotton gin was introduced vs. Southern farmers who still wanted the old prices. In fact, up until a decade ago, that was the official story in history books.
It was Lincoln who turned the war around by declaring the slaves free. Or... free-ish. Many didn't have a clue how to survive independently, so they ended up working cheaply with poor but more open-minded farmers or heading out West.
It should be noted that up until the war, Lincoln had a habit of arguing -for- slavery.
I'd say it's about time. There's very little recognition of the black people, many free, who fought and died for the Confederacy.


http://www.texasescapes.com/MurrayMontgomeryLoneStarDiary/Black-Soldiers-in-the-Confederate-Army.htm