[orionblamblam]

> The American Revolution also "perpetuated" slavery.

However, as you are well aware, the revolutionary war was not *about* the right to keep owning slaves. The War Of Southern Aggression, on the other hand, *was* all about slavery.

In the American Declaration of Independence, you'll find no reference to keeping slavery being a cause for rebellion. But if you read the Southern states equivalent ordnances of secession, they make it clear that it was *all* about slavery. The most important difference between the American Constitution and the Southern Constitution was the difference between this:

No Bill of Attainder or ex post facto Law shall be passed.

and this:

No bill of attainder, ex post facto law, or law denying or impairing the right of property in negro slaves shall be passed.

> You must get very angry every time you look at all those slave-owners on our coins and bills.

As any *rational* person would comprehend... no. There's a difference between having a bad habit, and being willing to murder your fellow man in order to perpetuate that bad habit.

[dbehsman]

However, as you are well aware, the revolutionary war was not *about* the right to keep owning slaves. The War Of Southern Aggression, on the other hand, *was* all about slavery.

In one of my earlier posts, I pointed out to you that Maryland was a slave holding state until November of 1864. Maryland was in the Union if you'll recall. How can you state that the Civil War (or more correctly the War for Southern Independence) was all about slavery when one of the Union states was a slave holding state?

The War for Southern Independence was started over the issue of secession. The idea of secession had been talked about before. Sometime during the 1820's (I think) New England considered seceding from the Union. The reason being was that they were concerned that the were not being represented well enough with the seat of the federal government so close to the South.

[stand watie]

do you REALLY believe that REVISIONIST/MEAN-spirited NONSENSE???

lol AT you & all the other members of the "DY coven of revisionist,HATE-filled, lunatics".