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re: was Jefferson Davis guilty of treason?

Posted on 1/3/14 at 6:17 pm to
Posted by deltaland
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Posted on 1/3/14 at 6:17 pm to
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There is no grey area here. Jefferson Davis and the rest of the confederates committed treason.


There is a lot of grey area. Secession was technically legal and the Southern States wanted a peaceful secession to form the CSA. The North wouldn't allow it and it erupted into violence. But technically, the CSA was it's own country so in reality, they weren't traitors because they didn't fight to break away, they broke away and then the fighting started
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