Liberalism was the cause of the slaves being freed in the U.S.? Really? I thought it was due to people, especially the Abolitionists, fighting against slavery. Of course, you do understand, that if your statement about Liberalism is/were true, it would mean that Liberalism is really a good thing. On the other hand, Lincoln was a Repug, yet he signed the Emancipation Proclamation, which led to the freeing of the slaves. Of course, it was someone who didn’t want others to have freedom who shot him. Again, your statement makes Liberals the good guys, despite not all who ended slavery were Liberals. Thus, the dotard et al would be the bad guys, because they’d just love to have slavery again. And one more thing… Great Britain ended slavery before the U.S. did.