I believe that Abraham Lincoln was a Republican and Jefferson Davis was a Democrat. I've reading a bit on the civil war (for school, so it's not much), and I'm under the impression that during that era, the Democrats were the White Supremacists and the Republicans wanted equality for all. Nowadays, people seem to view the Republicans as racists from the South (not that I do, I'm a Republican and I'm from Davis, CA, one of the most liberal towns I know...), and Democrats as looking forward to reform and change. I was just curious, does anyone know when this started happening?
2007-08-15
18:32:57
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Elfstone
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