Synopsis
While there was truth to Lincoln ''freeing the slaves'', some confederate states on the borders were initially allowed to still keep slaves.
- Programme: American History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley
- Series: 1
- Episode: The American Civil War
- Channel: BBC Four
- Broadcast year: 2019
- History | America, 1713-1975 | USA 1850-80 | Slavery and the Civil War
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