I don't understand why anyone care what the positions of the Democratic Party were 150 years ago. Things change.
You guys all seem to think it's some epic scandal.
Nothing has changed really, except the tactics by the Dem party. Minorities have trusted them for decades and things are worse than ever. Minorities have been kept down by the welfare state. Government assuming the role of father has created dysfunction in families, not just minority ones. PP continues to target minorities for abortions to control the population.
The Dems lie today like they lied 150 years ago about what their real motives are. Obama can bring up the centuries old crusades yet the left says Benghazi is ancient history.
If things had changed, it would be history and it wouldn't matter. In this case, given that the mindset and dishonesty in the Dem party remains the same, we simply see history repeating itself over and over. It just looks different because in modern times, the Dems claim it's for the greater good instead of being openly racist.
Racism is still quite evident in the Dem party by way of them insisting that minorities are incapable of survival without nanny government. You guys don't even think they can obtain an ID. That is something a young teen does easily.