re: New Civil War Movie: Field of Lost Shoes (2014)

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I am not disputing most of what you are saying. Im saying the north would have agreed to let slavery keep going early on if the south conceded on everything else.

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It's an interesting topic. Yeah there were certainly some Northerners who felt slavery was a moral wrong and should be abolished, but politically speaking Northerners didn't like the population boost it gave the South and added to our number of Congressmen.

From a Southern perspective I think most of us on here know that most CSA soldiers weren't slave owners and felt they were fighting to defend their states. However Southern politicians were clearly wanting to keep slavery.. for political and economical reasons. I think at least 4 states directly reference slavery in their secession papers.

Just the way history of man works I suppose. "Rich man's war, poor man's fight"