“But remember that 500,000 white Americans died to free black Americans.”
That is an interesting comment.
But why did they go to war to “free the slaves?” That could have been done peacefully using the constitutional amendment process in - say, 1848 - or even earlier.
“But why did they go to war to “free the slaves?” That could have been done peacefully using the constitutional amendment process in - say, 1848 - or even earlier.”
For some people the end of slavery was just a bellwether for the increasing and disproportional power of the Northern states. Also, a Constitutional amendment to end slavery prior to the Civil War would have never mustered the necessary state legislature votes for ratification.
The other issue wasn’t just North vs. South but a clash of Industrial/Urban culture with Agrarian/Rural culture. A paradigm that we see occurring today with urban leftists clashing with rural Americans.
No way would they have gotten 2/3 of the Senate.