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Originally Posted by starseed
Obviously it is apples and oranges.
^the vice-president of the CSA. Say what you want about the civil war having little to do with slavery, but when you look into the reasoning and basis that caused these people to hate Nothern domination, racism is found more often than not. Lincoln may have toned down the call for the end to slavery, but it was his ultimate goal, and the South knew it.
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Please. Until the Emancipation Proclamation the American Civil War was States' Rights. Slavery was the trigger issue in the conflict to define Federalism in America, very much like how Heath Care is a bone of contention between the Provinces and our Federal Government. I wouldn't say the war had 'little' to do with Slavery, but I think to frame it as morel crusade is a fallacy. Hell you had slate states fighting for the Union. And the Emancipation Proclamation only 'ended' Slavery in those States in rebellion.