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Even taking Douglas at his word for everything, it’s no doubt that this is something might be something that was SELECTED to be taught in schools by the victorious North.

Finding the truth is never easy, but there is a truth.

I worked through the farm crises in the 80’s. The media would have us believe every farmer was going broke. I was analyzing their records and the truth was about a 3rd were going broke, a 3rd were breaking even and about a 3rd were making some pretty good money. But no one wanted to talk about the third that were making money because it didn’t fit the agenda. And the Profitable ones didn’t want to be noticed either.

I did some research on the great depression and it was about the same. NOT EVERY ONE WENT BROKE in the Great Depression.

I would propose that the same ratio might apply to slavery. A third were treated badly, a third were ok and a third of the slaves were very happy with their lot in life.

I have been to Africa and the ones I encountered all would give their right harm to have what our “poor” discriminated black people have. The have no respect for the black culture here.

So, where does that leave us regarding the civil war? The focal point was the issue of slavery. But there was much more in the background.

This is not to say the truth is relative. The truth is the truth and it often complicated but NEVER relative.

I appreciate the points your reference made.

I would propose that the same ratio might apply to slavery. A third were treated badly, a third were ok and a third of the slaves were very happy with their lot in life.

You cannot just pull a number out of you @$$ and assume it as fact. It is much more reasonable to question sources promoted by the victors (Uncle Tom's Cabin, &c.) just as I assume you automatically question NY Times and CNN, if you pay any attention to them at all. I don't. These days I pay much more attention to reports of people who actually saw what happened.

And sometimes you just have to read the tealeaves. The war wasn't about slavery. It might have been for some Southerners, but they weren't the aggressors, Yankee history notwithstanding. Only a small number of Northerners cared about Slavery, That isn't the reason they invaded the South. (Please spare me the nonsense about Sumter. First of all, it was occupied territory, sort of like Fort Ticonderoga. And even if one thinks the Carolinians not at all justified, why did the Yankees attack Virginia and down to Mississippi?)

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