Since you wanna be a smart aleck while defending your father, imma politely point out that the "Republicans did free the slaves" line ignores the "except as a punishment for crime" loophole which was immediately exploited (and still is) to put negroes back in chains.
Not to mention MOST former slaves wound up as sharecroppers - which was little more than "slavery with extra steps", to borrow the Rick n Morty phrase.
And of course, that same Republican Party betrayed all their black supporters by withdrawing the federal troops in 1877 and turning a blind eye, thereby dooming them to 80 goddamn years of Jim Crow laws.
Then when a Democrat finally does something about Jim Crow, the Republicans used the backlash to bring all the southern cacs into their voter base. And here we are today.
This why nobody take you coons seriously.....yall yell that REPUBLICANS FREED THE SLAVES shit like it's some rare forgotten knowledge, like people dont remember what happened after Lincoln died. Fuck outta here