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To: Non-Sequitur

My point was that Slavery was not the reason for the Civil War. Slavery existed in all of the original 13 Colonies, and the South was no more guilty than the North. I know the South held more slaves than the North, but does that really make a difference?


44 posted on 02/28/2005 6:40:50 AM PST by MJY1288
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To: MJY1288
I know the South held more slaves than the North, but does that really make a difference?

The south had more free blacks.

47 posted on 02/28/2005 6:55:31 AM PST by 4CJ (Laissez les bon FReeps rouler - "Accurately quoting Lincoln is a bannable offense.")
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