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Anarcho-Socialist

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6. The North offered to compensate slave-owners at market rates

Reply to Galraedia (Original post)

Mon Jan 23, 2012, 06:18 AM

Jan 2012

The South said "no".

Southern politicians argued that even if they were compensated, the ending of slavery would undermine the political and economic power of the Southern gentry.

Ron Paul is either ignorant of history or he's deliberately distorting it.

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Ron Paul’s “South Was Right” Civil War Speech With Confederate Flag [View all] Galraedia Jan 2012 OP

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The North offered to compensate slave-owners at market rates Anarcho-Socialist Jan 2012 #6