Slavery was what murdered the South.
I’m a Southerner, but I’m glad slavery in the South is over. It was wrong.
Slavery was what murdered the South.
I’m a Southerner, but I’m glad slavery in the South is over. It was wrong.>>> Slavery or the counting of slaves as three fifths was written into our constitution. that was the mistake and one of the reasons why people trash the document today.
You cannot judge 19th century Americans using 21st century standards on race relations. Lincoln was a racist of the nth degree. The war was about states rights Lincoln even said so.
I don’t think anybody is advocating the return of slavery. But the heritage of the South needs to be preserved. Tearing down all the statues and monuments is destroying that heritage which we have every right to embrace.