[capitan_refugio]

"The south, correctly, viewed slavery as the cornerstone of their economic well-being, and the fabric of their southern society."

Does this represent your "scholarly" point of view, or your endorsement of their institutions?

[lentulusgracchus]

Does this represent your "scholarly" point of view, or your endorsement of their institutions?

You've skipped some posts, otherwise you would know that I don't want to see slavery recrudesce, however much it may be beginning to rise again in the Third World and creep in under the doorsill in these obscure clauses in H-1B workers' contracts.

And my "scholarly" POV is as good as yours, pal, unless you can whip out a PhD in U.S. history and throw it on the table.

And then I'd take you on anyway.