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In reply to the discussion: The Civil War was not about slavery [View all]yowzayowzayowza
(7,022 posts)57. Twas about slavery in their own words:
https://www.civilwar.org/learn/primary-sources/declaration-causes-seceding-states
Texas
Mississippi
Texas
We hold as undeniable truths that the governments of the various States, and of the confederacy itself, were established exclusively by the white race, for themselves and their posterity; that the African race had no agency in their establishment; that they were rightfully held and regarded as an inferior and dependent race, and in that condition only could their existence in this country be rendered beneficial or tolerable.
Mississippi
Our position is thoroughly identified with the institution of slavery-- the greatest material interest of the world. Its labor supplies the product which constitutes by far the largest and most important portions of commerce of the earth. These products are peculiar to the climate verging on the tropical regions, and by an imperious law of nature, none but the black race can bear exposure to the tropical sun. These products have become necessities of the world, and a blow at slavery is a blow at commerce and civilization. That blow has been long aimed at the institution, and was at the point of reaching its consummation. There was no choice left us but submission to the mandates of abolition, or a dissolution of the Union, whose principles had been subverted to work out our ruin. That we do not overstate the dangers to our institution, a reference to a few facts will sufficiently prove.
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Willful ignorance on the part of the alt-right, or just the right in general.
bullwinkle428
Aug 2017
#3
Also the declarations of seccession of many of those states state clearly that they are...
brush
Aug 2017
#41
That bullshit --and it is bullshit-- comes from those attempting to WHITE-wash history...
Raster
Aug 2017
#5
Yeah, the Confederate leadership were hypocritical assholes of the highest order.
cemaphonic
Aug 2017
#76
All the resolutions of secession mention the necessity of slavery to the southern way of life.
muntrv
Aug 2017
#19
I've run into that BS for years. I usually tell them to read the first two paragraph's of
Hoyt
Aug 2017
#25
It was about preserving the Union. The Union would not need preserving if the states
patricia92243
Aug 2017
#27
This is what I was taught in 1948-49 in the 8th grade. In Texas, of course.
Thirties Child
Aug 2017
#31
One of my husband's nephews--who lives in Georgia--posted this on his fb page not long ago
mnhtnbb
Aug 2017
#33
Much of the financing for southern purchase of slaves came from the northern financiers
flyingfysh
Aug 2017
#39
Just today, someone told me it was because the North blocked Southern cotton exports to England
muriel_volestrangler
Aug 2017
#49
The causes are many. It is a mistake to try to boil everything down to 1 cause.
TexasProgresive
Aug 2017
#50
I was in junior high school when the Civil War Centennial rolled around.
PoindexterOglethorpe
Aug 2017
#52
That's what the previous President of NRA called the war -- Big Jim Porter, a white wing
Hoyt
Aug 2017
#84
I thought for a long time it was about slavery, but as I got older I realized that it was
LiberalArkie
Aug 2017
#59
I understand why people want to forget it, it was horrible, I would ban any memorial to war
Not Ruth
Aug 2017
#67
They didn't give a shit about "state's rights" when it came to the Fugitive Slave Law...
First Speaker
Aug 2017
#71
The Fugitive Slave Laws is one of the strongest arguments against the "states rights" theory
cemaphonic
Aug 2017
#80
Oddly enough, each state's Articles of Secession mentioned slavery as a relevant motivation
LanternWaste
Aug 2017
#82
The "economic" talking point is both trivially obvious and insidiously misleading
Azathoth
Aug 2017
#79
if the state says it folks believe it...russians still don't think we landed on the moon
dembotoz
Aug 2017
#85