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Originally Posted by J pold
^ Ugh. I know it's a movie and not a history class but to suggest, which this film seem to, that slavery was the only issue around the American Civil War is ridiculous. Slavery wasn't even the main issue of the war, which was State vs Federal rights and the general economic and cultural differences of the north vs south. Robert E. Lee, the famous confederate general was anti slavery but still remained confederate to protect the rights of the state of Virginia.
/historical rant.
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Couldn't agree more. Slavery was a trigger cause of the greater issue of states rights. In fact, The North had a few slaves states fighting for it. Even if you read the wording of the Emancipation Declaration. It talks of ending slavery in 'those states now in rebellon' or something to that effect. Nothing about the slave states not in rebellon.