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Originally posted by launchpad
detla boy there you go spouting the party line again. try to look beyond that as not every Southern state was a slave state.
Originally posted by deltaboy
no doubt slavery was the cause of the problem that led to the southern states to secede. remember that as the U.S. was expanding, states from the North which was anti slavery and the south which was for slavery, fought each other to wat the new territories should be a slave state or not, etc. these kinds of problems not to mention Lincoln's against slavery cause the southern states to secede wen they threaten if Lincoln is voted in office.
Originally posted by Flinx
I'm really not interested in getting into a debate here about the causes of the Civil War for the 50th time, but I still think that the root cause was slavery. That being said the rebels will ALWAYS be on the wrong side of that conflict because of the simple fact that they kept millions of human beings in bondage whereas the Union (excepting 4 states) did not.
Originally posted by namehere
lol, typical...
"i dont want to argue, so drop it........but slavery was the issue, you are wrong and im not"
you post here in a thread about this topic, yet refuse to discuss it?
Originally posted by namehere
as i recall, lincoln didnt mention slavery in his election campaign or inaguration speech or at all untill his emancipation proclomation which coincidentally was after the south was freeing slaves, had inter-racial units, equal pay, and even today blacks do heritage marches and reenactments in the name of the confederacy.
As a non-American, my knownledge of American politics is pretty vague to behonest. I have been reading around the internet on American politics and parties, i cannot help but notice that there is a movement of rebuilding The Confederate States of America. Does this movement have potential or is it some unrealistic aim that will not happen? some groups, or leagues, claim that it will happen in afew decades. But is this likely?
Originally posted by DontTreadOnMe
We seem to have gotten off-topic and discuss the The Confederate States during the 1600s, and Lincoln and slavery.
Could we please get back to the present and discuss whether the Confederacy Movement is being revived in the US
Originally posted by RANT
This man should be dug up and his corpse put on trial.
IPA
seen as much racism in the north as the south.
launchpad
slavery was the LEAST of the issues that sparked the Civil war
namehere
as i recall, lincoln didnt mention slavery in his election campaign or inaguration speech
and even today blacks do heritage marches and reenactments in the name of the confederacy.
slaves being freed was just a side benifit.
launchpad
It was not treasonous to want to leave the union
It was very treasonous to invade the South and kill millions
Originally posted by Nygdan
Originally posted by RANT
This man should be dug up and his corpse put on trial.
Who Sherman? Why? if anything Lee and the rest of his cabal should be dug up, have their bones ground into dust, and buried at the bottom of the ocean, not Sherman, he's one of the good guys. (*ducks and covers while making sure amuk and TC aren't in the room*)
Originally posted by RANT
Forget TC and Amuk, Scarlet O'Hara will kick your ass herself.
Just a rogue lunatic.
Originally posted by launchpad
As to treason- the NORTH committed treason. The NORTH invaded the South (not the other way around) to make sure their raw materials base was secure for THEIR industry.