tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post2628997663366243385..comments2024-03-06T03:15:58.539-05:00Comments on <b>THE NEW REFORM CLUB</b>: "Taney Deserves His Tribute": Responding to George W. Liebmann’s Opinion Editorial in The Baltimore SunHunter Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14961831404331998743noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-70299520333215678352016-02-23T04:19:59.867-05:002016-02-23T04:19:59.867-05:00I don't have a precise date, but I believe Tan...I don't have a precise date, but I believe Taney had manumitted his slaves well prior to the Emancipation Proclamation, and well prior to the Civil War. <br /><br />SethSeth Barrett Tillmanhttp://reformclub.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-1704403311034398352016-02-22T17:49:37.385-05:002016-02-22T17:49:37.385-05:00Taney died October 12, 1864. That was 22 months af...Taney died October 12, 1864. That was 22 months after the Emancipation Proclimation, which I believe did not apply in Maryland. Manumission at that point, was not much of a gesture.Fat Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09554029467445000453noreply@blogger.com