I agree, but my point is that Davis should have begun pushing for emancipation much earlier instead of waiting until late 1864.
You again show your racist colors.
Regarding the Trail of Tears, you might want to do a bit more reading on the subject, starting with Dr. Jeff Fynn-Paul's book Not Stolen: The Truth About European Colonialism in the New World. BTW, are you aware that many of the Indians went voluntarily, that the U.S. Government spent years giving the Indians various offers to get them to leave voluntarily, that the death rate in the Trail of Tears forced marches was not that much higher than the death rate among some white handcart companies that crossed the plains in the 1850s, and that the Cherokee took several thousand black slaves with them to Oklahoma (then designated as Indian territory)?
I agree that the Trail of Tears forced marches were unjust and badly timed, but the woke narrative about them is exaggerated and selective.