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re: True or False...the civil war was fought over slavery.
Posted on 8/17/17 at 12:50 pm to sicboy
Posted on 8/17/17 at 12:50 pm to sicboy
quote:lol frick i was optimistic in the first paragraph
I posted a snippet of this yesterday, from the Cornerstone speech:
then started the second paragraph and thought 'there it is'
Posted on 8/17/17 at 1:08 pm to Machine
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lol frick i was optimistic in the first paragraph
then started the second paragraph and thought 'there it is'
This in the first paragraph spells it out pretty nicely:
quote:
The new constitution has put at rest, forever, all the agitating questions relating to our peculiar institution African slavery as it exists amongst us the proper status of the negro in our form of civilization. This was the immediate cause of the late rupture and present revolution. Jefferson in his forecast, had anticipated this, as the “rock upon which the old Union would split.” He was right.
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