Complaining about a defamatory error in Steven Spielberg’s new movie, Lincoln the false depiction of Connecticut congressmen voting against the constitutional amendment abolishing slavery U.S. Rep. Joseph D. Courtney has started a controversy. It’s not just over whether the movie’s contrivance goes beyond ordinary artistic license but whether Connecticut deserves admiration at all in regard to the struggle against slavery.
A history professor at Central Connecticut State University in New Britain, Matthew Warshauer, argues in a newspaper essay that Connecticut does not deserve such admiration. But to make the argument Warshauer grossly misquotes Courtney.
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