Northern vs Southern Democrats on Slavery
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Northern vs Southern Democrats on Slavery
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What about it?
Northern Democrats who were against slavery? Southerners were the Democrats who wanted slavery.
Northern Democrats fought for a twisted view of states rights. Southern Democrats fought for the right to keep slavery legal and to keep slavery in new territories -- expand slavery
where am I wrong?
spectrumc01
I give you....the TRUTH
At this point in the game does it matter?
blimpo
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Here is the official way they stack up-
Republicans: anti-slavery
Radical Republicans: extremists against slavery
Democrats: not pro-slavery, but felt it was a necessary evil that would soon fade
Southern Democrats: very pro-slavery, thought it should be everywhere, especially in new territories and new states.
Republicans: anti-slavery
Radical Republicans: extremists against slavery
Democrats: not pro-slavery, but felt it was a necessary evil that would soon fade
Southern Democrats: very pro-slavery, thought it should be everywhere, especially in new territories and new states.
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Here is the official way they stack up-
Republicans: anti-slavery
Radical Republicans: extremists against slavery
Democrats: not pro-slavery, but felt it was a necessary evil that would soon fade
Southern Democrats: very pro-slavery, thought it should be everywhere, especially in new territories and new states.
simplistic
How about Democrat KKK vs Republican KKK ?
Northern vs Southern Democrats on Slavery
Wilmot Proviso
Government entitlement programs are the modern day equivalent to slavery.
Here is the official way they stack up-
Republicans: anti-slavery
Radical Republicans: extremists against slavery
Democrats: not pro-slavery, but felt it was a necessary evil that would soon fade
Southern Democrats: very pro-slavery, thought it should be everywhere, especially in new territories and new states.
Is that your official stance?
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How about Democrat KKK vs Republican KKK ?
nope
How about Southern White Christian Conservative KKK vs Truly Good Americans?
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Northern vs Southern Democrats on Slavery
Wilmot Proviso
Government entitlement programs are the modern day equivalent to slavery.
Spoken like a true Cracker
How about Democrat KKK vs Republican KKK ?
nope
How about Southern White Christian Conservative KKK vs Truly Good Americans?
how about liberal Government slavery entitlement programs wanters
Northern vs Southern Democrats on Slavery
Wilmot Proviso
Government entitlement programs are the modern day equivalent to slavery.
Spoken like a true Cracker
Spoken like a clueless dipshit.
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Government entitlement programs are the modern day equivalent to slavery.
Spoken like a true Cracker
Spoken like a clueless dipshit.
I got my view of southern white conservatives by a white man born and raised in SC. He was an academic and a historian, with credentials on SC history and the history of the Catholic Church with Bishop Lynch (no shit, real name) supporting the Confederacy and slavery. Bishop Lynch was a Confederate Ambassador to Europe...
Supporting Slavery, not States rights.
fool you know so little
Spoken like a true Cracker
Spoken like a clueless dipshit.
I got my view of southern white conservatives by a white man born and raised in SC. He was an academic and a historian, with credentials on SC history and the history of the Catholic Church with Bishop Lynch (no shit, real name) supporting the Confederacy and slavery. Bishop Lynch was a Confederate Ambassador to Europe...
Supporting Slavery, not States rights.
oh wow you know one supposed southerner that makes you know the truth?
You dumb son of a bitch South Carolina is but one southern states,
Care to defend your position against North Carolina secession and the cause for North Carolina seceding?
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Spoken like a clueless dipshit.
I got my view of southern white conservatives by a white man born and raised in SC. He was an academic and a historian, with credentials on SC history and the history of the Catholic Church with Bishop Lynch (no shit, real name) supporting the Confederacy and slavery. Bishop Lynch was a Confederate Ambassador to Europe...
Supporting Slavery, not States rights.
oh wow you know one supposed southerner that makes you know the truth?
You dumb son of a bitch South Carolina is but one southern states,
Care to defend your position against North Carolina secession and the cause for North Carolina seceding?
SC Avalon Project - Confederate States of America - Declaration of the Immediate Causes Which Induce and Justify the Secession of South Carolina from the Federal Union
one reason
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Introduction
North Carolina waited longer than any other state except Tennessee to secede from the Union and join the Confederacy. This is not to say that the Old North State had no secessionists. Rather, North Carolinians had conflicting ideas about leaving the Union. Although staunch supporters of slavery, many North Carolinians hesitated when it came to taking such a significant step as secession. Some felt it better to stay in the Union and enjoy the Constitutional protections offered there, rather than give up those protections to embark on a new journey. However, when Confederate forces fired upon Fort Sumter and President Abraham Lincoln asked for troops from North Carolina to put down the rebellion, the state acted swiftly and decisively. North Carolina seceded from the Union on May 20, 1861, and the state's involvement in the Civil War began. The following narrative details North Carolina's antebellum political, economic, and social circumstances that led up to this decision.
The North Carolina Civil War Experience - The Road to Secession
a partial history
North Carolina waited longer than any other state except Tennessee to secede from the Union and join the Confederacy. This is not to say that the Old North State had no secessionists. Rather, North Carolinians had conflicting ideas about leaving the Union. Although staunch supporters of slavery, many North Carolinians hesitated when it came to taking such a significant step as secession. Some felt it better to stay in the Union and enjoy the Constitutional protections offered there, rather than give up those protections to embark on a new journey. However, when Confederate forces fired upon Fort Sumter and President Abraham Lincoln asked for troops from North Carolina to put down the rebellion, the state acted swiftly and decisively. North Carolina seceded from the Union on May 20, 1861, and the state's involvement in the Civil War began. The following narrative details North Carolina's antebellum political, economic, and social circumstances that led up to this decision.
The North Carolina Civil War Experience - The Road to Secession
a partial history
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North Carolina -- Oh please, Barbarians- let truth prevail -- only when truth is told can society move on Confederate Culture? Please, stop the bullshit
Slavery, by its very nature was dehumanizing, as people were considered property and their worth was primarily valued by the amount of work they could do. Most slave owners provided the mere basics for their slaves, as any extra consideration would cut into their profit margin. The average slave dwelling was very basic, usually rough log, one-room houses with dirt floors and a fireplace for heating and cooking. Most windows contained no glass, only a wooden shutter to close out harsh elements of rain, wind, and cold. There were exceptions, such as the housing at Horton Grove on Stagville plantation, where Paul Cameron provided some of his slaves with two-story, four room quarters, with wood floors. These buildings housed four families, with each family getting one room. Despite being crowded, these dwellings were nonetheless considered of higher standard than most houses for the enslaved population.
Owners usually provided the most basic food rations, including some meat - usually fat pork cornmeal, and molasses. Enslaved people often supplemented this meager diet with vegetables grown in a community or household garden, which they tended only after their day's labor for the owner was completed. Slaves also improved their diet by hunting and fishing when possible.
Even within the enslaved community, there was a social hierarchy. On large plantations, the personal servants, household servants, slave drivers, and black overseers held a higher status than the vast majority of slaves that worked in the fields. Owners sometimes allowed enslaved craftsmen and artisans more freedom of movement than others. Slaves who worked the naval stores industry and maritime trades had tremendous freedom but were nonetheless, by all legal accounts, still enslaved. Some owners even allowed well trusted slaves permission to travel and visit family members on nearby plantations or towns. At Somerset Place, Josiah Collins granted a holiday so that several of his slaves could travel to Edenton to visit family. Enslaved people in the western part of the state often led livestock over long drives to market in South Carolina and Georgia. This relative independence stands in sharp contrast to the tight control by overseers over field hands on large plantations. One might wonder why slaves simply did not leave and never return if they were granted such freedom of movement. Many did. Even those held under tight control on eastern plantations made attempts to escape. Records of runaways and the efforts employed by slave owners to secure their return are part of the historical record. Many slaves escaped via the waterways and swamps of eastern North Carolina but it was a frightening and treacherous journey filled with threats from man and nature. The story of Harriet Jacobs of Edenton highlights what one woman would endure in her quest for freedom. She not only secured her freedom in 1842 but wrote about it and published Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl in 1861.
Great Barn at Stagville
The Great Barn - built by slaves at Stagville Plantation in 1860
Discipline and punishment within the institution of slavery was varied. Certainly there were despicable slave owners who whipped and abused their slaves without conscience. The majority most likely did not treat their slaves in a brutal fashion. After all, enslaved people were legally considered property and it was in their owners' best interests to keep them healthy enough to work. Nevertheless, even the kindest master could resort to harsh disciplinary measures when necessary, in order to maintain control of his or her labor force. Whipping was often used as a means of punishment and also as a means of intimidating others to behave and work diligently lest they be whipped next. As the voices of abolitionists in the North grew louder, white southern fears of slave revolts grew stronger, causing owners to exercise ever more control over their property.
Perhaps the most effective means for controlling the enslaved population was simply the threat of being "sold South." Demand for slaves in the lower South grew with the expansion of cotton cultivation at a far greater pace than in North Carolina. A very active slave trade developed between the upper and lower South after the international slave trade ended in 1808. Between 1830 and 1860, North Carolina exported about 100,000 slaves to states in the lower South. Such sales often resulted in the break up of an enslaved family. In fact the dissolution of families was one of the hardest circumstances of a slave's life. This is evident in the poetry of George Moses Horton, a Chatham County slave who wrote and sold poems to students at the University of North Carolina. Changes that occurred in the master's life, such as marriage, death, or simply relocating, often had ripple effects on the lives of enslaved property. If the master suffered an economic or financial crisis, he often quickly sold off some of his slaves to obtain ready cash. Thus, for the enslaved, there was no guarantee each morning that they would see their loved ones later that night.
The North Carolina Civil War Experience - The Road to Secession
Slavery, by its very nature was dehumanizing, as people were considered property and their worth was primarily valued by the amount of work they could do. Most slave owners provided the mere basics for their slaves, as any extra consideration would cut into their profit margin. The average slave dwelling was very basic, usually rough log, one-room houses with dirt floors and a fireplace for heating and cooking. Most windows contained no glass, only a wooden shutter to close out harsh elements of rain, wind, and cold. There were exceptions, such as the housing at Horton Grove on Stagville plantation, where Paul Cameron provided some of his slaves with two-story, four room quarters, with wood floors. These buildings housed four families, with each family getting one room. Despite being crowded, these dwellings were nonetheless considered of higher standard than most houses for the enslaved population.
Owners usually provided the most basic food rations, including some meat - usually fat pork cornmeal, and molasses. Enslaved people often supplemented this meager diet with vegetables grown in a community or household garden, which they tended only after their day's labor for the owner was completed. Slaves also improved their diet by hunting and fishing when possible.
Even within the enslaved community, there was a social hierarchy. On large plantations, the personal servants, household servants, slave drivers, and black overseers held a higher status than the vast majority of slaves that worked in the fields. Owners sometimes allowed enslaved craftsmen and artisans more freedom of movement than others. Slaves who worked the naval stores industry and maritime trades had tremendous freedom but were nonetheless, by all legal accounts, still enslaved. Some owners even allowed well trusted slaves permission to travel and visit family members on nearby plantations or towns. At Somerset Place, Josiah Collins granted a holiday so that several of his slaves could travel to Edenton to visit family. Enslaved people in the western part of the state often led livestock over long drives to market in South Carolina and Georgia. This relative independence stands in sharp contrast to the tight control by overseers over field hands on large plantations. One might wonder why slaves simply did not leave and never return if they were granted such freedom of movement. Many did. Even those held under tight control on eastern plantations made attempts to escape. Records of runaways and the efforts employed by slave owners to secure their return are part of the historical record. Many slaves escaped via the waterways and swamps of eastern North Carolina but it was a frightening and treacherous journey filled with threats from man and nature. The story of Harriet Jacobs of Edenton highlights what one woman would endure in her quest for freedom. She not only secured her freedom in 1842 but wrote about it and published Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl in 1861.
Great Barn at Stagville
The Great Barn - built by slaves at Stagville Plantation in 1860
Discipline and punishment within the institution of slavery was varied. Certainly there were despicable slave owners who whipped and abused their slaves without conscience. The majority most likely did not treat their slaves in a brutal fashion. After all, enslaved people were legally considered property and it was in their owners' best interests to keep them healthy enough to work. Nevertheless, even the kindest master could resort to harsh disciplinary measures when necessary, in order to maintain control of his or her labor force. Whipping was often used as a means of punishment and also as a means of intimidating others to behave and work diligently lest they be whipped next. As the voices of abolitionists in the North grew louder, white southern fears of slave revolts grew stronger, causing owners to exercise ever more control over their property.
Perhaps the most effective means for controlling the enslaved population was simply the threat of being "sold South." Demand for slaves in the lower South grew with the expansion of cotton cultivation at a far greater pace than in North Carolina. A very active slave trade developed between the upper and lower South after the international slave trade ended in 1808. Between 1830 and 1860, North Carolina exported about 100,000 slaves to states in the lower South. Such sales often resulted in the break up of an enslaved family. In fact the dissolution of families was one of the hardest circumstances of a slave's life. This is evident in the poetry of George Moses Horton, a Chatham County slave who wrote and sold poems to students at the University of North Carolina. Changes that occurred in the master's life, such as marriage, death, or simply relocating, often had ripple effects on the lives of enslaved property. If the master suffered an economic or financial crisis, he often quickly sold off some of his slaves to obtain ready cash. Thus, for the enslaved, there was no guarantee each morning that they would see their loved ones later that night.
The North Carolina Civil War Experience - The Road to Secession
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History can be ugly, and it can be doubly so for people in denial
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