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re: History Topic: Did R.E. Lee Betray His Countrymen?
Posted on 4/12/15 at 10:20 am to fouldeliverer
Posted on 4/12/15 at 10:20 am to fouldeliverer
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fighting to keep the evil institution of slavery
It was more of a war about states' rights than slavery.
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Posted on 4/12/15 at 11:57 am to GeorgeTheGreek
And what right were the seceded states most concerned about?
Posted on 4/12/15 at 12:04 pm to GeorgeTheGreek
Don't let the revisionist history fool you. The war was about slavery at its core. There were several issues but once you stripe them to their source, the issue was slavery. When it became such an argument that the government got stalled over these compromises, the writing was on the wall.
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