Slavery was mostly dying by the time the Civil War started.
Hundreds of thousands of Americans died to put a final answer to the question of slavery.
After the war, many blacks and whites lived and worked together (as indicated in this article).
The Democrats killed Reconstruction.
The Democrats started the KKK.
The Democrats started Jim Crow.
The Democrats promised “segregation forever”.
The Democrats tried (and failed) to block the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
But, in spite of the Democrats’ best efforts, when I was growing up, blacks were starring on TV and in movies, no laws barred them from anywhere, and no one I knew ever used the n-word. I had black friends in HS and in college. It was no big deal.
And then the Democrats came roaring back with “Identity Politics” and kicked off what has amounted to a Race War in this country.
Worst racial situation in the US since about 1859 in my opinion. The last 30 years or so have been a steep, steep decline. Totally the fault of the Democrats.
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Really? Do you think it was this bad in 1859?