That does seem to be human nature, doesn't it? We all want our own way. I suppose what strikes me about the attitude of the white South is that they wanted their own way SO MUCH that they seceded from the United States in order to avoid the distant possibility that emancipation might happen someday - and therefore precipitated it into happening in the next five years.

There was a fellow who lost both his forearms, Samuel H. Decker, who served as doorkeeper for the U.S. House of Representatives after the war wearing a pair of artificial arms. So clearly his artificial arms gave him a certain amount of dexterity. But perhaps the model was difficult to use, or very expensive, or something; there was clearly some reason most arm amputees didn't think the artificial arms were worth it.