At the August 5, 1975, signing ceremony, President Gerald R. Ford acknowledged the discovery of Lee's Oath of Allegiance in the National Archives and remarked: "e;General Lee's character has been an example to succeeding generations, making the restoration of his citizenship an event in which every American can take pride."

Robert E Lee was an honorable man who disliked slavery and freed his slaves at the start of the war. Whereas, Grant kept his slaves throughout the war. Lee was respected by Union and Confederate veterans.

I agree. Mechanization of agriculture and cotton would have made slavery uneconomical obsolete. 600,000 casualties from the bloodied hands of Lincoln. Also, after
Lincoln, Federal Government overstepped it's authority over state's rights.

Now there was no food in all the land, because the famine was very severe, so that the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan languished because of the famine. And Joseph gathered all the money that was found in the land of Egypt and in the land of Canaan for the grain which they bought, and Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh’s house. And when the money was all spent in the land of Egypt and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came to Joseph and said, “Give us food, for why should we die in your presence? For our money is gone.” Then Joseph said, “Give up your livestock, and I will give you food for your livestock, since your money is gone.” So they brought their livestock to Joseph, and Joseph gave them food in exchange for the horses and the flocks and the herds and the donkeys; and he fed them with food in exchange for all their livestock that year. And when that year was ended, they came to him the next year and said to him, “We will not hide from my lord that our money is all spent, and the cattle are my lord’s. There is nothing left for my lord except our bodies and our lands.

Has anyone seen Jakob's Ladder? It is a historical film about a German Baptist minister in Stalin's gulag.

You are correct. I live in rural area of Tennessee where almost every one cans. Here, if a person doesn't can or garden, that person is in the minority.

Egyptians sell their freedom for bread.

It does not matter whether the SA story is true or not. What matters is whether people can survive through disasters.