The 1861-65 Civil War between the northern and southern states was principally caused by slavery.
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The war was caused by secession. The big issue was slavery.
The public schools pushed the slavery issue very hard, but the fight was over states rights. Some states wanted to secede from the Union. Lincoln fought them over this right.
The Confederate flag has nothing to do with racism. Dixie is a revered song of the South.
I am tired of those trying to revise history.
When I look back over the last few decades and see so many major companies moving to southern states even as the Rust Belt crumbles under decades of corruption and mismanagement, I'd have a hard time believing that the South actually lost the war.
Correct. Lincoln wanted to keep the Union together, no matter what it took. If they'd told Union enlistees that they were fighting against slavery, they never would have signed up. They didn't give a crap about slavery when the war first started. It wasn't until Lincoln ran for re-election that slavery became a big issue. He needed the support of the abolitionists in the north for reelection. Many abolitionists in this country wanted slavery abolished, but they didn't believe blacks should have equal rights.
I have to laugh at some of these British papers. Britain had no problem helping the south since they needed the cotton for their mills. Confederate ships were built in the UK...ie., CSS Alabama, but you never hear about that from the press.
I love British history, but Britain is always ready to throw up, the fact that they abolished slavery earlier than the U.S. However, they fail to mention their colonization of countries, and how badly the people of those countries were treated, or how their civil rights were ignored. England has never had a Prime Minister of color in all these years, and that's saying a lot about a nation that likes to brag about their eliminating slavery ahead of everyone else.