re: The Civil War, How Might It Have Been Avoided?

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The Civil War, How Might It Have Been Avoided?

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shitifino

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The Civil War, How Might It Have Been Avoided?

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founders actually dealing with slavery would have helped but never would have been ratified

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Right, it goes back to the 1787. Slavery, and in particular, representation in Congress because of slaves, was a big issue. They essentially punted the ball, but like you said, had they not punted, it was unlikely to get ratified. Their failure to address it while everyone agreed to the final terms all but ensured a major showdown down the road.

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False information !!!!!!!!!!

(I don't know how many exclamation points are required; the number seems to change daily, like so many other things)

Slavery had NOTHING to do with the CW (despite it being the one thing mentioned in all the preambles of the constitutions of the Confederacy).

Slaves were owned by only a small percentage of the population (despite the fact that people were fighting for the RIGHT to own slaves, if they got rich enough).

Slavery was on its way out (despite the fact there's no evidence for this; and, despite the fact it had increased faster than ever before in the years before the CW)

Slaves would've been replaced by machinery (despite the fact that slaves would've remained slaves IF that had even occurred)

Muh fallen ancestors!!

Maybe if Northerners would have realized they fought for the same principles as the south did in 1776.

The South could have industrialized and diversified it's economy sooner. It was too dependent on agriculture and did not realize that an agrarian society was at a disadvantage in a technologically advancing world.

The advent of the steamboat should have been the wake up call and railroads should have been the kick in the head to drive the point home.

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Nobody else ever fought a war over slavery though many countries got rid of it throughout the 1800's.

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Haiti may not have "fought a war" over it, but it was far from a peaceful transition. In fact, it was incredibly violent and bloody. Haiti has the most famous "rebellion" by slaves. It is far from the only one. In Ancient Rome, Spartacus led 120,000 escaped gladiators and other slaves that defeated many Roman Legions. It was eventually put down and thousands of the rebels literally crucified for it.

Also, South American countries looked at what happened during our Civil War and did everything in their power to avoid it. Brazil didnt end slavery until 1888. There was plenty of political strife though. It was a hotly contested point from the moment they gained their independence.

Point being: The US is far from the only nation that dealt with the issue of slavery through violence. We just happened to call it "war" instead of "rebellion/uprising/etc"

Y'alls ancestors should have picked their own cotton

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