There shouldn’t have been slavery in the Colonies, but there was.
There shouldn’t have been slavery after the Revolution, but there was.
So why in 1860 was it suddenly worth 700,000 lives lost in order to abolish it?
There has been slavery everywhere, all throughout history.
Thank God most nations have come to their senses and abolished it.
Abolitionism had been a growing force for over a century. It is one of the reasons mentioned in many of the articles of secession.
It didn't just happen in 1860, but rather had built up to that point by 1860.
I don't want to say this but it's the truth. We brought back slave labor when we signed those free trade deals with the Chinese communists.
The war was not about slavery. It was about maintaining economic control of the South's economy to prevent it from competing against the northern power brokers who would have lost massive amounts of money if the South engaged in free trade with Europe.
They were connected to Washington through the influence selling corruptocracy, and Lincoln was their primary puppet in the executive branch.
They pretended it was about slavery, but it was really about money which would be lost if the South became independent.
"Slavery" was the sales pitch, but money was the reality.