It’s definitely a blow for the “the civil war wasn’t about slavery” crowd lol. Like I’m all for not judging the past by modern morals and acting like confederates weren’t as human as the rest of us… but pretending the civil war had nothing to do with slavery is simply a farce.
It’s definitely a blow for the “the civil war wasn’t about slavery” crowd lol. Like I’m all for not judging the past by modern morals and acting like confederates weren’t as human as the rest of us… but pretending the civil war had nothing to do with slavery is simply a farce.
It had 100% to do with slavery. The south would not have been the cotton king with out them.
There’s a meme in US history circles that goes
Elementary school- the civil war is about slavery
High school- it’s about slavery and the economic fears of the loss of slavery
College- it’s about states rights
Grad school- the US Civil War is unquestioningly all about slavery