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To: JBW1949

“In fact, it was the economics of slavery and political control of (Slavery) that system that was central to the (Civil War) conflict.”

So, the Civil War was about slavery.


26 posted on 05/25/2017 12:27:39 PM PDT by Timpanagos1
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To: Timpanagos1

I said, yes, slavery was an issue, but not the overriding issue that created the war...


28 posted on 05/25/2017 12:32:09 PM PDT by JBW1949 (I'm really PC....PATRIOTICALLY CORRECT!!!!)
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To: Timpanagos1
So, the Civil War was about slavery.

Nope, it was about who would control the money that the slaves produced. Slavery was making the Union a lot of money, and so long as that continued, there was no problem.

The problem arose when the South wanted to stop so much of that money from going to the North.

The North wasn't going to tolerate that, and so they launched a war against the South to stop them from stealing the European trade away from their control.

So the war was about money and power. "Slaves" were only incidental to the larger struggle taking place.

54 posted on 05/25/2017 2:45:06 PM PDT by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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