So about 80 years after the Constitution is ratified, the slaves are freed. Not so you'd really notice it of course; just kinda on paper. And that of course was at the end of the Civil War. Now there is another phrase I dearly love. That is a true oxymoron if I've ever heard one: Civil War. Do you think anybody in this country could ever really have a civil war? Say, pardon me? (shoots gun) I'm awfully sorry. Awfully sorry. ✨ What Am I Doing in New Jersey?. Live album by George Carlin, 1988.
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