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re: American Civil War Animated Maps
Posted on 9/22/15 at 3:37 pm to Ace Midnight
Posted on 9/22/15 at 3:37 pm to Ace Midnight
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Except that there were. Are you ignoring Maryland because you missed that part of my comment or because it is incredibly damaging to your underlying argument.
I am not ignoring anything. It has been plainly stated that the reasons for succession were for slavery. Slavery was the catalyst for the entire thing. other aspects were of minor consequence as to what actually was the cause
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the ultimate issue from the South's perspective was the right to determine the issue for themselves, rather than have it dictated by an increasingly aggressive anti-slavery movement in the North.
Not really, they were using these excuses as to why they could/should keep slavery. Again, slavery was the initial catalyst. The issues they wanted to have the authority to set their own laws for, were about slavery.
You can say there were underlying issues for the civil war, but they are minor in comparison to the actual cause
Posted on 9/22/15 at 3:41 pm to NYCAuburn
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but they are minor in comparison to the actual cause
Correct - the actual cause of the war was a disagreement between the federal government and the confederate states on whether or not individual states (or groups of states) had the right under the constitution to secede, period.
Perhaps it happened at the time because of a fear of what Lincoln might do regarding slavery. Perhaps the reason the sides were at such an impassee was over the emotional pull (of both sides) over the issue.
But slavery CANNOT be supported as the causus belli of the war itself, simply because Maryland stands in sharp rebuttal to that, among other things.
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