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applegrove

(126,401 posts) Mon May 12, 2025, 09:14 PM May 12

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Contrary to the prevailing rewrite of our history, all of the seceding states seemed to think the Civil War: slavery [View all]

Contrary to the prevailing rewrite of our history, all of the seceding states seemed to think the Civil War was entirely about slavery.
A compendium to Bryanâ€™s workâ€¦
www.battlefields.org/learn/primar...
— JoeinNJfightsfordemocracy (@progavalanche.bsky.social) 2025-05-12T17:46:03.762Z

Contrary to the prevailing rewrite of our history, all of the seceding states seemed to think the Civil War was entirely about slavery.
A compendium to Bryan’s work…
https://www.battlefields.org/learn/primary-sources/declaration-causes-seceding-states

Applegrove:

I was in US history class in high school in Ottawa, Canada when our teacher announced it was States Rights not Slavery that the US Civil War was fought over. That was in the early 1980s. That was some massive international rewrite.

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Contrary to the prevailing rewrite of our history, all of the seceding states seemed to think the Civil War: slavery [View all] applegrove May 12 OP

I always thought BOSSHOG May 12 #1

"States Rights" allows the Confederate movement to continue applegrove May 12 #3

Not entirely ITAL May 12 #6

It was about slavery from the very beginning. yardwork May 13 #8

Of course I know he did ITAL May 13 #11

The specific "states right" they were fighting for was slavery. marble falls May 12 #2

The South was a fundamentally different economic system than the North bucolic_frolic May 12 #4

One thing I learned is that the GOP has always been the big business party AZProgressive May 12 #5

The Confederates spoke for themselves. Their Governors and Legislatures were direct, straightforward and very clear. Marcuse May 12 #7

Southerners started saying it was about states rights so they wouldn't have to outright defend slavery Buckeyeblue May 13 #9

This is a good watch on the subject. Sin May 13 #10

the state of sweetapogee May 13 #12

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