Rapidcreek@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 9 months agoHaley declines to say slavery was cause of Civil Warwww.politico.comexternal-linkmessage-square25fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10cross-posted to: news@lemmy.world
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minus-squareDrDeadCrash@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·9 months agoNot as simple as “slavery”, but the war was caused by slavery. If there had been no slavery, there would have been no war. That’s “cause”, in my book.
minus-squaregivesomefucks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·9 months ago but the war was caused by slavery The war was caused by the federal government refusing to force northern states to return escaped slaves to the south… The southern states started a war over that If it was just over if slavery was legal, then why was the Emancipation Proclamation smack in the middle of the civil war? If the south wouldn’t have started the civil war, it would have been years if not decades before the Feds outlawed slavery. The south wanted a strong federal government, and got it. Just not the way they wanted it.
minus-squareNudding@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·9 months agoSlavery is still allowed in the US to this day.
minus-squareDrDeadCrash@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-29 months agoYeah, it’s totally the same. Thanks for contributing
minus-squareNudding@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·9 months agoNo worries. Most Americans seem unaware they live in and pay taxes to a country that still has almost a half a million active slaves. It’s worth mentioning when it comes up.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·9 months ago and pay taxes to Yeah, weird how most of us don’t want to end up like Wesley Snipes…
minus-squareNudding@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·9 months agoYou guys will figure it out eventually, I’m sure.
Not as simple as “slavery”, but the war was caused by slavery. If there had been no slavery, there would have been no war. That’s “cause”, in my book.
The war was caused by the federal government refusing to force northern states to return escaped slaves to the south…
The southern states started a war over that
If it was just over if slavery was legal, then why was the Emancipation Proclamation smack in the middle of the civil war?
If the south wouldn’t have started the civil war, it would have been years if not decades before the Feds outlawed slavery.
The south wanted a strong federal government, and got it. Just not the way they wanted it.
Slavery is still allowed in the US to this day.
Yeah, it’s totally the same. Thanks for contributing
No worries. Most Americans seem unaware they live in and pay taxes to a country that still has almost a half a million active slaves. It’s worth mentioning when it comes up.
Yeah, weird how most of us don’t want to end up like Wesley Snipes…
I’d riot.
Good luck with that.
You guys will figure it out eventually, I’m sure.