SomeoneElse@lemmy.caM to Confidently Incorrect@lemmy.world · 11 months agoThe American civil war wasn’t about slavery.lemmy.caimagemessage-square286fedilinkarrow-up11.79Karrow-down146
arrow-up11.74Karrow-down1imageThe American civil war wasn’t about slavery.lemmy.caSomeoneElse@lemmy.caM to Confidently Incorrect@lemmy.world · 11 months agomessage-square286fedilink
minus-squaremindbleach@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up40arrow-down1·11 months agoRight: the north wasn’t fighting about slavery, it was fighting secession. But the south was seceding about slavery. The south started the civil war, over slavery. The confederacy only existed to preserve and expand slavery.
Right: the north wasn’t fighting about slavery, it was fighting secession.
But the south was seceding about slavery.
The south started the civil war, over slavery.
The confederacy only existed to preserve and expand slavery.