Slavery was the backbone of southern economies. Emancipation didn't free the slaves, but it ensured that freed slaves will not be sent or go back to their masters. Additionally blacks as free man could join the army now. So with decreasing slavery the south economy was also going down and the union army was growing. That assured victory of the north states.
Introduction. St. Patrickâs Day is celebrated on March 17, the saintâs religious feast day and the anniversary of his death in the fifth century. The Irish have observed this day as a religious holiday for over 1,000 years.
Let's pause then to remember (or learn) that the day's roots go back some 1,600 years as a holy day to honor the saint credited with bringing Christianity to Ireland and efficiently, if apocryphally, ridding the island of snakes. March 17 is unreliably believed to be the day St. Patrick died in 461.