“Southern history is a wonderful thing when told honestly. We dont get that very often.”
No kidding. Try telling a Yankee that the War was fought principally for economic reasons and they throw a hissy fit, as it contradicts the pap they were taught in school about the War being first and foremost about freeing the slaves. Funny that they never admit that slavery was abolished AFTER the War, and only then with the passage of the 13th Amendment. Funny, too, that they were never taught the truth about (or they conveniently forget) Lincoln’s so-called Emancipation Proclamation, which in fact freed no one.
It was fought for economic reasons. Slaves were the second most valuable piece of capital in the south, after the land. They were worth billions (of 1860 dollars). The election of the Republicans was seen as a threat to that capital, so the south fought a war to protect that property.
Don’t worry, they have nearly stopped teaching about the war in the North. It only gets a couple of paragraphs so there will be more room for the Soviet Revolution and their real heroes like Karl Marx. It also seems that they are more interested in Lincoln’s sexual preferences than the reasons that nearly caused so much carnage and nearly split this nation.