[Non-Sequitur]

"What was the reason that induced Georgia to take the step of secession? This reason may be summed up in one single proposition. It was a conviction, a deep conviction on the part of Georgia, that a separation from the North-was the only thing that could prevent the abolition of her slavery." -- Speech of Henry Benning to the Virginia Secession Convention

But what did he know, right?

[Jim Noble]

But what did he know, right?

After all, the idea that the war was about slavery was only developed by historians in the twentieth century...