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Some people claim that the Civil War wasn't about slavery at all.
Other people claim that it wasn't about anything else.
Of course both positions are disingenuous revisionist horseshit.
But what I can't decide is which one is worse.
What say you?
I've never heard anyone claim that the civil war wasn't about anything but slavery...so maybe you win your own prize for revisionist fucktard of all time.Some people claim that the Civil War wasn't about slavery at all.
Other people claim that it wasn't about anything else.
Of course both positions are disingenuous revisionist horseshit.
But what I can't decide is which one is worse.
What say you?
Upon further consideration, I'd have to say the latter is worse and here is why:
People who claim that the Civil War wasn't about slavery at all do so out of a subconscious desire to purge their conscience of any guilt associated with honoring the Confederacy. And while this is still revisionist denial, at least it's not borne of malicious intent.
On the other hand, those that claim it was ONLY about slavery do so out of a desire to malign an entire culture for really no good reason beyond spite and/or hatred. To me that is worse.
The Civil War was about States Rights
The Right to own Slaves
The Civil War was about States Rights
The Right to own Slaves
States rights mostly is why it started. But not about slaves, mostly about taxes, tarrifs, etc.
The slavery issue was thrown in to garner support in the north for the war.
The Civil War was about States Rights
The Right to own Slaves
States rights mostly is why it started. But not about slaves, mostly about taxes, tarrifs, etc.
The slavery issue was thrown in to garner support in the north for the war.
Revisionist bullcrap
The southern states went as far to try to ensure that new states admitted to the union were slave states to maintain the balance of power.
They seceeded when Lincoln was elected and they weren't concerned with Lincolns views on taxes and tarrifs
The Civil War was about States Rights
The Right to own Slaves
States rights mostly is why it started. But not about slaves, mostly about taxes, tarrifs, etc.
The slavery issue was thrown in to garner support in the north for the war.
Revisionist bullcrap
The southern states went as far to try to ensure that new states admitted to the union were slave states to maintain the balance of power.
They seceeded when Lincoln was elected and they weren't concerned with Lincolns views on taxes and tarrifs
States rights mostly is why it started. But not about slaves, mostly about taxes, tarrifs, etc.
The slavery issue was thrown in to garner support in the north for the war.
Revisionist bullcrap
The southern states went as far to try to ensure that new states admitted to the union were slave states to maintain the balance of power.
They seceeded when Lincoln was elected and they weren't concerned with Lincolns views on taxes and tarrifs
I think they cared more about Lincoln being sympathetic to the abolitionists than about his view on tariffs. High taxes, they could withstand. Nationwide abolition, they couldn't. They were a one-crop, slave-based economy.
Revisionist bullcrap
The southern states went as far to try to ensure that new states admitted to the union were slave states to maintain the balance of power.
They seceeded when Lincoln was elected and they weren't concerned with Lincolns views on taxes and tarrifs
I think they cared more about Lincoln being sympathetic to the abolitionists than about his view on tariffs. High taxes, they could withstand. Nationwide abolition, they couldn't. They were a one-crop, slave-based economy.
2 crops actually tobacco and cotton, and they were being burned up on both over taxes/tarrifs.
Revisionist bullcrap
The southern states went as far to try to ensure that new states admitted to the union were slave states to maintain the balance of power.
They seceeded when Lincoln was elected and they weren't concerned with Lincolns views on taxes and tarrifs
I think they cared more about Lincoln being sympathetic to the abolitionists than about his view on tariffs. High taxes, they could withstand. Nationwide abolition, they couldn't. They were a one-crop, slave-based economy.
2 crops actually tobacco and cotton, and they were being burned up on both over taxes/tarrifs.
The Civil War was about States Rights
The Right to own Slaves
States rights mostly is why it started. But not about slaves, mostly about taxes, tarrifs, etc.
The slavery issue was thrown in to garner support in the north for the war.
Revisionist bullcrap
The southern states went as far to try to ensure that new states admitted to the union were slave states to maintain the balance of power.
They seceeded when Lincoln was elected and they weren't concerned with Lincolns views on taxes and tarrifs
The Civil War was about States Rights
The Right to own Slaves
States rights mostly is why it started. But not about slaves, mostly about taxes, tarrifs, etc.
The slavery issue was thrown in to garner support in the north for the war.
The Civil War was about States Rights
The Right to own Slaves
States rights mostly is why it started. But not about slaves, mostly about taxes, tarrifs, etc.
The slavery issue was thrown in to garner support in the north for the war.
I understand what you are saying but there is one point that brings this right back to slavery.
The taxes , terrifs, etc, you are talking about would have NEVER exsisted to be taken from the south had they not had slaves to do all the work which produced all the wealth in the south.
My Mother once told me to not forget the people in the south built this country with their business accumin.
I then told her in response " give me 100 people who have to work for me for nothing but scraps of food and little else and I could be wealthy myself in no time.
She had no response.
The south was built by slaves. They never seem to get the credit.