Slavery was evil. Anyone who supports slavery, or excuses a government which supported or allowed slavery in any way shape or form is human scum.
Let's see now. In the United States of America from 1776 to 1868, slavery was the law of the land. That's 92 years you need to excuse our government. But only if you are human scum.
“Slavery was evil. Anyone who supports slavery, or excuses a government which supported or allowed slavery in any way shape or form is human scum.”
Is this a reference to George Washington and Thomas Jefferson?
How about supporting indentured servitude, or importing immigrants whose sole function was to work in dangerous, inhumane conditions building railroads or digging coal out of the ground?
Some of those slaveholders no doubt referred to biblical passages where slavery is condoned ,and certain explicit instructions on how to treat slaves.
Then again , the “free” men were forced to take arms and risk death in battle or disease on pain of imprisonment or execution if they declined to kill and destroy as ordered. The Union Army destruction of Southern cities and property was one-sided. I fully understand why many Southerners call it the War of Northern Aggression.
There had to have been better way that would not have wasted Hal a million lives and hundreds of millions of real dollars.
98% of whites did NOT own slaves.
Secession declaration said slavery was the reason for war.
The Civil War was for the benefit of only 2% of the people.
Sounds like present day Globalism.
>>Slavery was evil. Anyone who supports slavery, or excuses a government which supported or allowed slavery in any way shape or form is human scum.
Depends on how the word slavery is defined and used, who’s doing the enslaving and why, and who’s writing the narrative about it. For example, the government of the the United States of America condoned the institution of slavery for many decades preceding the CW, and four of the first five Presidents owned slaves.
You do know that Abraham Lincoln supported the Corwin Amendment which would have made slavery permanent and irrevocable in the Union?
If you don't believe me, go read Lincoln's first inaugural address. Lincoln was willing to keep slavery. What he wasn't willing to do was to let the South trade freely with Europe outside of his economic control.