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Originally Posted by bobkoure
The original emphasis that the war started because of slavery was northern propaganda. Yes, it needed to end. Yes Lincoln was an abolitionist. He was not about to start a civil war over it, though.
The money I was talking about was the tarrifs paid primarily by the south in that they were still "colonial" (in the sense of producing raw materials for remote factories. Yes, a lot of that money was from slave labor (which we as a country have never paid them back for, BTW).
IMHO, the slaves needed to rise up themselves. John Brown was right about a lot of things. Their descendants would have had a more equal place in this "equal" society (or, of course, it might have turned out like Haiti).
I suppose this makes me a southern apologist as well as a white liberal. Guess I'll have to go join the ACLU and carry the card around so you can add another label  |
I agree Lincoln was not going to start a civil war over slavery. However, you need to look closer at the South's reasons for succession from the union. Don't think for a second that plantation owners interests in maintain slavery as a business practice was a heavy influence.
Once you see a system of control in place, you will understand why people don’t rise up against authority easily. However, there where uprisings and a few were put down by US troops. Generally, they were limited to the local plantations. If you Google it you will find some good stuff.
I don't knock the ACLU, I think they are a good orgainzation.