Do you know where Dred Scott claimed to become free? Do you know what the Dred Scott decision meant to a slave in a slave state? You familiar with the Fugitive Slave Act?
Your claim that the last slave states freed their slaves on June 19th, 1865 is one of the dumbest things you have ever posted - and THAT is a high bar.
By 1/1/1863, when the EP took effect, slaves in southern Missouri, nearly half of Arkansas, half of Tennessee, and a bit of coastal North Carolina lived in areas no longer "in rebellion" - and were not freed from bondage by the EP. Low estimate - 500,000. They were not made free on June 19th because a Confederate army in Texas surrendered. If the EP had had that effect, Lincoln would not have fought so hard so early for the 13th Amendment. He knew damn well that it had to be passed and ratified BEFORE the end of the war or the slevaes would NEVER be free - because the slaves states would return to the Union and try and to block it.
Like I said - you fellas just want to oppose anything I say because I'm not a Dimocrat and not in the Unithink Club you joined.
The rest of your comment is just "look - over there" - because you can't really refute history or facts.
Am I surprised you think historical facts are a "semantical game"? No.
Am I surprised you are happy to give African-Americans half-a-loaf while telling them how many loaves others oughta give them? Again, no.
Just another standard play from youse guys. "We love ya brother - as long as you stay outta our neighborhoods and schools!"