When Slaveowners Got Reparations

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Sorry that was a typo. I meant to say "without compensation". The comment came out in the exact opposite sense then I meant meaning that the voters of Maryland approved emancipation without compensation. Wouldn't it make sense that Union soldiers as a whole from Maryland would be more likely to approve such a proposition than the population of the state in general?

You are absolutely correct that the Union soldiers (and we don't know how many had been "paid" to be soldiers or drafted) would be the likeliest ones to vote -- just to get the darn war over with!